A Comprehensive Plan For The Extension of The Subway System of The City of Chicago (1939)
When the State and Milwaukee-Dearborn Subways were being constructed between 1938 and 1951, A Comprehensive Plan for the Extension of the Subway System of the City of Chicago was published in October 1939, forming the basis for all subsequent rail rapid transit improvements built through 1960.
The plan proposed nearly 50 miles (80 km) of new rapid transit subways which included the following: extensions of the Dearborn Street Subway and Lake Street Subway, as well as the construction of Washington Street and Jackson Street (high-level streetcar) Subways, a Wells Street Subway, and the Crosstown Subways.
The plan also suggested a combination of rail rapid transit and expressway facilities within a common right-of-way. It stressed the fact that the..."outstanding flaw in the existing pattern of Chicago's rapid transit system is the complete absence of facilities for north and south crosstown traffic...", a flaw that exists today. It provided for new subways to be utilized for long-haul traffic, coordinated with surface street feeder and distributor routes within the Central Area. It proposed solutions that would permit the removal of elevated structures in the Loop, thus contributing to the dynamic growth of this area.
Read more about this topic: Chicago Central Area Transit Plan
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