Serving UIC's Great Cities Commitment: Solutions for Today's Urban Challenges
In an interview with FOX Chicago News, Dick Simpson, UIC professor and head of political science, recounts the political career and legacy of Jane Byrne, Chicago's first and only female mayor, who passed away on Friday.
Crain's Chicago Business quotes Howard Wial, executive director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, on the reasons for the 2007 establishment of two-tier wage scales in the auto industry.
The Chicago Sun-Times quoted Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center, on the likelihood that the State of Illinois will support a capital program to improve Metra.
The Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, a research unit at the College of Urban Planning and Urban Affairs at UIC, just released with the Illinois Latino Family Commission part I and II of a series report titled "Making the Case for Change".
American Public Media's "Marketplace" quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center, on rising transit fares in cities around the country. Schlickman says fare increases can backfire, resulting in no increase in revenue.
Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center, appeared on FOX 32 this morning to discuss how drivers successfully avoided the Kennedy Expressway last weekend.
The Chicago Citizen newspaper features an article on "Migration and Transformation through the Arts: The Soul of Bronzeville," the UIC African-American Cultural Center's current exhibition that explores the cultural history of Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood.
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 Chicago Sun-Times interviewed Tim Johnson, director of the Survey Research Lab in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on the validity of a recent Metra customer survey that indicated that 40 percent of riders were dissatisfied.
The Chicago Tribune quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of UTC, on two plans to alter the oversight of Metra, Pace and the CTA. Schlickman, former head of the Regional Transportation Authority, said the three operating systems should be combined into one agency.