P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center and research associate professor at UIC, interviewed in a Chicago Tribune front page article that examines the delays in the Jane Byrne Circle Interchange reconstruction project. Sriraj tells the Tribune…
Congratulations to these four UIC students on receiving 2018 Krambles Transportation Scholarship Awards! Recipients include Anthony Misiak (CUPPA), Sudheer Ballare (College of Engineering), Emma Chapman (College of Business), and Ali Shamshiripour (College of…
Longtime community organizer, public policy professional and Master’s in Urban Planning and Policy student, Daniel La Spata won a decisive victory in the 1st Ward Alderman race, capturing 61 percent of the vote to Moreno’s…
Planetizen, an urban planning news website, highlights the WBEZ report on research from UIC’s Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement on Chicago’s shrinking middle class. http://bit.ly/2NP3eVP
The New York Times quotes Beth Gutelius, a senior research specialist at UIC’s Great Cities Institute, in a story on Amazon’s expansion and the company’s mixed success with building community relationships. “People think…
The proposed express service from Elon Musk’s Boring Company may be in doubt following the recent Chicago mayoral election. UTC Director P.S. Sriraj offers his thoughts on the controversial plan in an article published in…
Teresa Córdova, Director of the Great Cities Institute and Professor of UPP, is interviewed by NPR & WBUR-FM’s “Here and Now” in a story on Chicago’s declining African-American population. The segment’s audio and a related online…
Research from UIC’s Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement on Chicago’s shrinking middle class is the focus of a Chicago Sun-Times editorial board column that calls on the next Chicago…
CBS 2 interviewed Kate Lowe, UIC assistant professor of urban planning and policy, for a story on the risks that pedestrians and drivers face due to dark or faded traffic signals. https://cbsloc.al/2GLEPiZ
South Side Weekly quotes Rachel Weber, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, and Kate Lowe, UIC assistant professor of urban planning and policy, in a story examining an empty city lot in…