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A (semi) work-in-progress of Chicago in the year 2055, as following the Shadowrun RPG calendar. Essentially, the downtown Loop was hit by a terrorist attack, and instead of rebuilding the downtown, the corporations moved to the cheaper land available on the South Side (around Beverly and Morgan Park).
As the official maps for future Chicago had only a limited design and lack of consideration for the effects their destruction wrought upon the old downtown, I decided to make my own as a basis for the future Google Earth maps and other creations I would do.
Grey/black are the physical barriers (lake, river) or the start of major roads (to eventually be done in a different color). Red is the Interstate, and blue the El lines.
You'll notice that a lot of the El lines and expressways have been expanded. The cloverleaf in the south is the location of the new "downtown". I also had the Circle Line completed, and several other mass transit lines that would serve the old Loop before the terrorist strike.
In addition, the expressways have been greatly increased, with an underground/connector segment near O'Hare, an "I-380" running parallel to I-80 to handle the increased traffic load for the South Side, and two loops around the Loop (the first was a bureaucratic failure with the second now taking its place)
As the official maps for future Chicago had only a limited design and lack of consideration for the effects their destruction wrought upon the old downtown, I decided to make my own as a basis for the future Google Earth maps and other creations I would do.
Grey/black are the physical barriers (lake, river) or the start of major roads (to eventually be done in a different color). Red is the Interstate, and blue the El lines.
You'll notice that a lot of the El lines and expressways have been expanded. The cloverleaf in the south is the location of the new "downtown". I also had the Circle Line completed, and several other mass transit lines that would serve the old Loop before the terrorist strike.
In addition, the expressways have been greatly increased, with an underground/connector segment near O'Hare, an "I-380" running parallel to I-80 to handle the increased traffic load for the South Side, and two loops around the Loop (the first was a bureaucratic failure with the second now taking its place)
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"and instead of rebuilding the downtown, the corporations moved to the cheaper land available on the South Side (around Beverly and Morgan Park)."
Why didn't they continue to increase the movement to the edge cities. The process of that, the business parks, etc is still increasing somewhat. The Western Suburbs of Chicago and the Northern Ones, and Northwest ones have a LOT of development. O'hare should have more CTA lines..well they're pretty good but need more to get to a level like the inner city. Technically those wouldn't be CTA given they're in suburbs. Should be Metra or maybe the authority is "Chicago Metro" instead of JUST Chicago. Federal Government making a new statical area?
There should be more than a cloverleaf in the new downtown as well. And DAMN it's big. BIGGER than the pre-rxisting city center. Also I wonder how they managed to kick all the people out of the south side. Gentrification and increasing prices probably did that...that or something similar to what is happening in China's cities. Oh and I get kicked out, posting this from Beverly. lol. Apparently the reltively thin southern suburbs get expanded further. Wonder what happens to all the investments in the northern, and western suburbs.
"an "I-380" running parallel to I-80 to handle the increased traffic load for the South Side"
they should simply widen I-80s. Unless I-380 is part of the North American Union superhighway or something like that, or it goes across states. it technically isn't interstate
Why didn't they continue to increase the movement to the edge cities. The process of that, the business parks, etc is still increasing somewhat. The Western Suburbs of Chicago and the Northern Ones, and Northwest ones have a LOT of development. O'hare should have more CTA lines..well they're pretty good but need more to get to a level like the inner city. Technically those wouldn't be CTA given they're in suburbs. Should be Metra or maybe the authority is "Chicago Metro" instead of JUST Chicago. Federal Government making a new statical area?
There should be more than a cloverleaf in the new downtown as well. And DAMN it's big. BIGGER than the pre-rxisting city center. Also I wonder how they managed to kick all the people out of the south side. Gentrification and increasing prices probably did that...that or something similar to what is happening in China's cities. Oh and I get kicked out, posting this from Beverly. lol. Apparently the reltively thin southern suburbs get expanded further. Wonder what happens to all the investments in the northern, and western suburbs.
"an "I-380" running parallel to I-80 to handle the increased traffic load for the South Side"
they should simply widen I-80s. Unless I-380 is part of the North American Union superhighway or something like that, or it goes across states. it technically isn't interstate