Waiting for minutes and decades

Public transit and opportunities for reparative planning on Chicago’s far South Side

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ID10859646
AuthorsKate Lowe (0000-0001-9277-0261, University of Illinois Chicago, corresponding author), Anson Stewart (0000-0002-3862-1393, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Gwendolyn Purifoye (0000-0001-6870-9380, University of Notre Dame)
Year2026
Publication date2026-01-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0042-0980 • E-ISSN: 1360-063X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00420980251393550
OpenAlexW7118377708
LanguageEN
References cited26

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 how riders and residents perceive the long-awaited Red Line Extension and current riding experiences, focusing on time—waiting for buses routinely and waiting for a long-promised project. While the extension is an important step for equity, it is not reparative planning; doubt and frustration expressed by interviewees reflect that they also see equity planning as falling short

Equity (law · Extension (predicate logic · Falling (accident · Public transport · Rapid transit · Transit (satellite · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban Transport and Accessibility

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