First make them endure a 3 year long renovation on the highway connecting the regional capital to the busiest airport in the world. Nice. Then jam in bike lanes that no one uses and will reduce lanes for cars and buses all across the city. Good. Now allocate a billions dollars plus per mile to extend the Red Line to the least dense part of the city while the CTA is facing an existential crisis. Yes, perfect. Now shut down a handful of Northside streets and bridges all at the same time and keep extending the timeframe for completion. Excellent.
Portland’s budget is 8.5 billion compared to Nashville’s budget of 3.8 billion despite Nashville having like 50k more people
How on Earth are you spending that much and you can’t find anything else to cut before getting rid of a neighborhood’s only fire truck?
Hang on… Chicago wants to attract more tourists. It has created a marketing campaign to do that; and, in order to fund it, the city is… making it more expensive to stay in Chicago by raising taxes on hotel rooms? Do I have that right?
@The_RealTyC@MikeScherr1@Bossman_10K That route is unprofitable. It is part of the Federal Essential Air Service (EAS) Program. It is subsidized by the government. SkyWest Airlines gets about 7.5 million from the government to operate it every year.
The year is 2045. The college football playoff field has expanded to 128 teams. There are riots in the streets of El Paso after UTEP was left out for a UL Monroe team it beat earlier in the season.
I think everybody would be happier if they admitted they like hosting a dinner party once in awhile instead of flooding everybody’s calendars during an already busy part of the year.