Crain’s: CTA moves to unsnarl North Side el tracks

Crain’s Chicago Business quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center, on the benefit of a new bypass for the CTA’s Brown Line where it crosses the Red and Purple lines over Clark Street near Wrigley Field.

The improvement, if completed, could make life considerably easier for commuters, said Steve Schlickman, head of the Urban Transportation Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a former executive director of the Regional Transportation Authority.

“If you’re going to address the capacity problems on the Red and Brown lines, this is a big and obvious step,” he said.

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