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Why do you mostly focus on the city? I guess because they are the majority of questions you get.\ \ That makes no sense in a region that is ...

Asked by Anonymous

How do they make sure all traffic in one direction is cleared when the express lane on the Kennedy changes direction?

Asked by Anonymous

Why are there 5 brown line trains to every green line? And why do they run 2 seconds apart?

Asked by Anonymous

I wonder how some of the streets got their names. Like, Emerald and Wolcott. Schools, too. And Kinzie, Kedzie?

Asked by Mary Akins

Why don't the exits on the Illinois Tollway have numbers?

Asked by Josh Corlett

Why doesn't Chicago institute alternate side parking for easier snow removal? Plenty of other large cities do this. Why can't we?

Asked by Marta

What is with all the 'k' streets along Chicago between Cicero and Pulaski? Every block starts with a 'K' except for Tripp!!

Asked by Joan

I've noticed a random smattering of bus stop benches lining Lake Street, specifically there's one on the south side of Lake at Talman.\ \ Wh...

Asked by Gabriel

How are the lines drawn in the wards map? How often is the map updated? who decides what it is going to look like?

Asked by Dubi Kaufmann

What goes on in that pumping station we see in the midst of Lake Michigan? I mean, what's it look like inside? How does water get from the...

Asked by Ben Manalo

Do the CTA underground tunnels run under the sewage tunnels or above them?

Asked by Anonymous

What specific factors go into determining what streets become designated as bike lanes and each kind (shared lane, dedicated lane)?

Asked by Thomas Huttner

How did Chicago decide to build the L mostly above ground? Geography? Costs? What?

Asked by Anonymous

My faith in the universe (well, actually, my universe of Chicago) was deeply shaken when I discovered that our reassuring and logical street...

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Why do Blue Line trains always slow down going in either direction between the Cicero and Pulaski stops (and will anything ever be done abou...

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When trains like the Brown, Purple and Orange come into or leave the Loop they have to know which set of tracks to follow. How is this done?...

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Could we please get some hard facts about the Wacker underground reconstruction project? Why has it taken so long? Who will pick up the ta...

Asked by Larry Garner

Why are they redoing Ping Tom Park in Chinatown, again?

Asked by Vanessa

Diagonal streets in Chicago -- why?

Asked by Anonymous

How about the grid? Why is it the way it is? It's 8 blocks to the mile for most of the city, but not from Madison to 31st, where it's 12 blo...

Asked by Peter Pawinski

I wonder why the Blue Cross Blue Shield building is not connected to the pedway system? There is a hallway in the lower level of the BC/BS ...

Asked by Anonymous

In River Forest there are many intersections that have no stop signs - not on either of the crossing streets. Why? How are we supposed to d...

Asked by Kathleen O'Connor

Why is there no 'fast way' to get from north suburbs to the city? It takes more time to get to LSD than to drive on LSD to get to Water Tow...

Asked by Hazelis

If you extend North Ave out into Lake Michigan, it goes near a tiny spot of land far out on the lake. What is that little island?

Asked by Gordon Kindlmann

I used to live in the Ukranian Village for a decade. The various apartments where I lived, while quaint and charming, had tiny closets, if t...

Asked by Todd Lakin

I grew up on Avenue N in Hegewisch, the most southeast neighborhood in Chicago (any further east and you'd be in Indiana; any further south ...

Asked by Christine Ricker

How are the Chicago street speed bumps created, built and evaluated?\ They seem to be in varying sizes, some requiring an almost complete ha...

Asked by Anonymous

Are we going to have any casinos open up in Chicago?

Asked by Rick

Are the lights on the trees downtown only up during Christmas time?

Asked by Annie

How did the bus routes get their numbers? Some of the numbers seem to make sense and some do not. For example, 72 North Ave, 73 Armitage, ...

Asked by Amy

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