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A Sprawling Plan for Cook-DuPage Transit
Posted 5.13.08 by Shawn Allee

Suburban public transit commuter Sean Alford plus local photographers show us what their commutes look like.

The area between Cook and DuPage counties is infamous for finger-flipping traffic congestion. Road project after road project promised to nip it in the bud, but many of them failed, roads just filled up with more cars. Well, transit officials are trying something new. It’s called the Cook-DuPage Corridor transit plan. It would add bus and train lines to move workers past the congestion and cut energy use. As part of Chicago Matters, Growing Forward, we meet people who might be affected.

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