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The reckless expansion of O'Hare Airport

Are you among the many who think that the expansion of O'Hare International Airport as pushed by Chicago will solve its delay and capacity problems? Think again. It won't solve those problems, but it will make it a more dangerous place, and it will provide billions of dollars to contractors, consultants and other Mayor Richard M. Daley insiders

Sunday, April 26, 2009

More insights into the O'Hare by-pass road.

In the Daily Herald
Posted by Dennis Byrne... at 10:58 AM

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Reaction to the newly revealed airline opposition to O'Hare expansion

Here is a package of my columns posted here analyzing the impact of the newly announced airline opposition to further O'Hare expansion. (Click on the links)

o The Chicago Tribune exposes the details of the airlines' objections to further expansion.

o There's a better alternative

o Is O'Hare expansion truly dead, or just taking a break?

o Who will put Bensenville back together now?

About this blog

Dennis Byrne...
who maintains this blog, is a former transportation writer for the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News, and former consultant for O'Hare neighbors who believe there is a better way to unsnarl O'Hare. Opponents of O'Hare expansion are in no way associated with this blog.
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Blog Archive

  • ▼  2009 (59)
    • ►  June (3)
      • Airline influx may spell fare war
      • Get ready for higher taxes at O'Hare
      • FAA takes new look at O'Hare noise | Crain's Chica...
    • ►  May (4)
      • Hey, Chicago! Want a free airport?
      • Chicago plans to move cemetery to expand O'Hare ru...
      • Tell Chicago to stay in the city
      • Roskam not reversing O'Hare expansion stance - yet...
    • ▼  April (9)
      • Johnson: Book closed on O'Hare expansion fight
      • Expressway proposal getting mixed reviews in Bense...
      • Changes in Bensenville, Elk Grove Village leave la...
      • More insights into the O'Hare by-pass road.
      • Myriad reasons we need Peotone
      • Longtime O'Hare expansion foe ends fight after sta...
      • Wither O'Hare expansion opposition?
      • Big Victory for Daley in Suburban Elections
      • Bensenville, DesPlaines: Chicago's new 51st and 52...
    • ►  March (8)
      • Rahm Emanuel's profitable stint at mortgage giant
      • Peotone airport: Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's budget ...
      • "GOP-linked front group using O'Hare expansion to...
      • Stifling an Opportunity
      • More propaganda from Gary
      • More "ringroad" news
      • Ill. hasn't sought transit stimulus cash - Chicago...
      • Another O'Hare deal for an insider
    • ►  February (19)
      • Chicago gets FAA approval to spend $182 million on...
      • Dist. 214 To Host Special Meeting On O'Hare Ring R...
      • Daley brushes off questions on link between O'Hare...
      • Who will govern region's 3rd airport?
      • Tell Congress, no federal funding for O'Hare expan...
      • Opponents of O'Hare expansion unveil new campaign
      • Momentum Shifts, O'Hare Expansion Plans Hit With R...
      • Push To Stop O'Hare Expansion
      • Feds want ex-Blago aide to spill O'Hare info
      • Illinois Legislators Label O'Hare Expansion Plan a...
      • Here's one mayor that doesn't want "stimulus" mone...
      • More links to kinky dealing at O'Hare Airport
      • Daley hoping to land funds for O'Hare -- chicagotr...
      • What's that? Only $50 million short?
      • Stimulus Sparks Debate Over O'Hare Expansion - Mar...
      • More shenanigans at O'Hare
      • Mayor Daley Looking for Piece of Stimulus Pie
      • O'Hare Expansion Opponents Decry Possible Loss Of ...
      • Pat Quinn, Illinois' new governor, opposed O'Hare ...
    • ►  January (16)
      • Obama staff inquires about potential Gary airport ...
      • Chicago Threatens Religious Rights Across the Unit...
      • Park Ridge stirs
      • Insanity
      • Milwaukee's airport gains at expense of O'Hare
      • Oh, gee, another $163 million no one noticed
      • But has their on-time performance improved any?
  • ►  2008 (34)
    • ►  December (14)
    • ►  November (6)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (3)
    • ►  July (8)
 

O'Hare Airport Expansion Plan

O'Hare Airport Expansion Plan
Six parallel runways and two crossing runways, plus several dozen intersections of active runways and taxiways creates one of the most hazardous conditions for airplane passengers: On-ground collisions.