Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Mayor Cliff Notes’ successor will get a dilapidated bus station and gobs of government employees to operate it.
This one is a hard no.
An important question not addressed in the article: What will happen if the City doesn’t buy the facility? Will the carriers buy their own terminal(s)? Will buses just load on the street? Will service to Chicago be dropped in favor of stations in a few suburbs? Or no service at all?
In any case, when we look at how much money is wasted on overbuilt CTA facilities (Damen Green Line, Red Line extension, etc) this is relatively a tiny expenditure.