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…
Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, joined NPR Illinois’ “State Week” program for a discussion examining the proposals delivered during Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget address this…
Crain’s Chicago Business quotes Tom Smith, Adjunct Lecturer in UPP, in a story on the power aldermen wield over their ward’s zoning approvals and changes. “We have a lot of irrational downzonings. They’re just reactive,”…
Amanda Kass, Associate Director of the GFRC and PhD candidate in UPP, was featured in WTTW’s Chicago Tonight segment as well as in NPR Illinois‘ State Week. In both segments, Kass discussed Governor Pritzker’s budget plan…
Robert Bruno, Amanda Kass, and David Merriman rethink the conversation about pensions and the state’s finances. The near ubiquitous claim that Illinois is facing a “pension crisis” has rarely been challenged. The failure to…
Crain’s Chicago Business quotes Tom Smith, UIC adjunct lecturer in urban planning and policy, in a story on the power aldermen wield over their ward’s zoning approvals and changes. “We have a lot…
