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Why are traffic lights in Chicago not synchronized? In NYC one can drive for miles without hitting a red light. Environmentally better.

Asked by Gerry Rosenberg

The Ike got new green signage after the 2008 recession. Wouldn't infastructure improvements been more strategic than cosmetics?

Asked by Anonymous

Has the digital billboard at eastbound exit 21A off the Ike (Desplaines Ave) caused any accidents at night? The glare is intense sometimes!

Asked by Anonymous

Why does the red line stop at Howard, instead of extending onward to the suburbs?

Asked by Amal Ahmed

There’s a building right by The Drake and the S-curve on LSD with a HUGE revolving spotlight. What is it?

Asked by Anonymous

Why does every tree grate on the south side of Illinois St. between Wells and Franklin have a Mickey "Mouse Ears" cutout in the middle?

Asked by Kelsey Dietrich

Why didn't Archer Avenue get classified as an east-west street?

Asked by Kathleen

I was just reading about different possible L projects and they all seem abandoned since 2009. Why? E.g. Orange extension

Asked by Michael Ross

How did the CTA bus routes get their numbers?

Asked by Bill Trumbull

WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THOSE STANDING VERTICAL WOODEN PLANKS, HELD IN BY METAL BRACKETS, USED FOR IN THE BACK OF MOST CTA TRAIN CARS.

Asked by SERGIO V.

Why does only the CTA Brown Line run counter clockwise around the Loop?

Asked by Anonymous

Why isn't there a Beltway El from Blue O'Hare to Orange Midway, connecting Green Harlem, Blue Forest Park, and Pink Cermark along the way?

Asked by Anonymous

How does CPS determine school boundaries? How have population and demographic changes over time impacted these policies?

Asked by Hal Schmeisser

Where was so much cobble granite street stone mined from and how/who installed it around the city in the 1800's?

Asked by Jaime Melendez

Why do the Loop bridge lift control towers look the way they do?

Asked by Jacob S

The highway names/numbers confusion aside (Edens and Kennedy vs 94 and 90), the seemingly random landmarks in Chicago traffic reporting (old...

Asked by Allison Wolcott

What ever happened with the plans to build the Mid-City Transitway? Will the transit line forever be nothing more than a well-conceived idea

Asked by Anonymous

I've heard the tollway oases that are built over the highways are unique to IL. I've never seen these anywhere else. Is this true?

Asked by Greg MacAyeal

Where does my parking/red light ticket money go?

Asked by Yesenia Renteria

Is it normal for a major US city's mayor's name to be posted all over the place, as it is in Chicago?

Asked by Anonymous

Why does the grass on the Dan Ryan Expressway near White Sox Park look great and the grass after and before it look like crap?

Asked by Anonymous

Chicagoland has a lot of college students? Is it the most highly concentration of college/squre mile in the US? If not how does it rank?

Asked by JOhn

Chicago has tunnels downtown. Why are our mass transit trains elevated instead of subway-ed?

Asked by John

Chicago taxes keep increasing. Where, how and who is that money spent on?

Asked by Elysia Aufmuth

Can you still experience the smell of the Stockyards when driving through the South Side? If so, how does the smell still linger?

Asked by T. Lucas

Is there an Italian villa atop the 1500 North Lakeshore Drive building? Why? Do any other vintage Chicago buildings have houses on top?

Asked by Mary

Why is the grid of Chicago not perfectly North/South?

Asked by Curt MacIver

Why has the Metra UP north line Never been switched to run on the right side of the tracks? ?

Asked by Jeannie Sanke

Why do we have arm-barriers in I-Pass lanes on the Skyway? We have open road tolling elsewhere, andcameras that can catch scofflaws.

Asked by Scott Rappe

It seems like every time I'm driving and get to an intersection in the city, the signal turns red. Why aren't they timed better?

Asked by Anonymous

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