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The Long-Awaited Plan to Extend the CTA Red Line

The CTA hopes to start the next phase of its Red Line extension planning “very soon.”

Aired 11/09/2020 | Rating NR

Chicago Tonight

The Long-Awaited Plan to Extend the CTA Red Line

Clip: 11/9/2020 | 5m 24sVideo has Closed Captions

The CTA hopes to start the next phase of its Red Line extension planning “very soon.”

Plans to extend the heavily used train line south of its current endpoint at 95th Street have been discussed as far back as the 1950s. But the project has been steadily moving from idea to reality in recent years. Nick Blumberg has details.

Aired 11/09/2020 | Rating NR

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