Chicago Commentary: The limited thinking behind the O’Hare-Loop high-speed rail idea

By F.K. Plous, The Chicago Tribune; January 3, 2018

Note: F.K. Plous is Corridor Capital’s director of communications. – Editor, CCRail.com

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is searching — again — for a private firm to develop a “high-speed” rail route from downtown Chicago to O’Hare International Airport. Three things are wrong with that sentence.

“Private firm” is the first. Why would a private business want to compete with a highway system that enjoys lavish public subsidies?

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