In Chicago Region, Planners Push Transit As 1st Option

Can you imagine our regional planners making this sort of statement, as reported here?

"CMAP [Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning] Executive Director Randy Blankenhorn said he expects to see the suburbs become more transit-oriented, with additional bus routes improving connections to rail.

“We have to build a culture willing to use transit in the suburbs, to make transit a first option instead of a last choice,” Blankenhorn said."