Waiting for minutes and decades: Public transit and opportunities for reparative planning on Chicago’s far South Side
Urban Studies: An International Journal of Research in Urban Studies
Published online on January 08, 2026
Abstract
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Public transit is highly inequitable in hyper-segregated Chicago. After being promised for 50 years, a rail extension is finally poised for construction on the far South Side, a majority Black area lacking metro rail service. Using interviews, we examine ...
Public transit is highly inequitable in hyper-segregated Chicago. After being promised for 50 years, a rail extension is finally poised for construction on the far South Side, a majority Black area lacking metro rail service. Using interviews, we examine ...