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…
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…
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,”…
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…
CUPPA is pleased to announce that second year PhD student Em Hall has been awarded a prestigious Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship from the US Department of Transportation. These awards are merit-based and…
Rachel Weber, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, is quoted in a WBEZ (91.5 FM) story on the possible approval of developer Sterling Bay’s Lincoln Yards project and the contracts to minority…
The Chicago Tribune interviewed P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center and research associate professor at UIC, about the closure of northbound Lake Shore Drive over the Chicago River due to a support…
UPP’s Rachel Weber and James J. Stukel Presidential Professor, David Merriman, explain the effects of TIF’s on the Lincoln Yards project and surrounding businesses. Opposition to the Lincoln Yards project has been particularly strong…