CREATE will also help improve the region’s economy by adding an estimated 44,000 jobs and generating $31.5 billion in economic benefits over the next three decades. Improvements to the Chicago regional rail system will help keep freight on trains instead of diverting it to trucks, which operate on increasingly-congested, crumbling highways. The CREATE program, combined with ongoing annual freight railroad investments, will help the Chicago region handle up to 50,000 more freight trains annually by 2051, which is good news because the DOT expects freight rail traffic to grow 30% by 2040. Launched in 2003, the $4.6 billion plan involves 70 critical rail and highway infrastructure improvement projects in northeastern Illinois to enhance the efficiency and safety of the region’s rail network. To improve the flow of trains through the rail heart of America, the region’s six Class I railroads joined forces with Amtrak, Metra, the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways, and the Chicago Department of Transportation to form the CREATE Program. As freight rail volumes and demand for passenger rail service continue to rise, Chicago has also become the largest U.S. In fact, an astounding 22,000 lifts (every time a container is moved onto or off a train) happen each day at the Chicago terminal. freight rail traffic and 42% of all intermodal traffic beginning, ending or traveling through Chicago. Today, it is the world’s third most active rail intermodal hub with 26% of U.S. For 150 years, Chicago has remained the nation’s busiest rail hub. The DOT expects freight rail traffic to grow 30% by 2040 the CREATE program - along with ongoing freight rail investments - will help the Chicago region to handle up to 50,000 more freight trains annually by 2051.ĭownload Public Private Partnership Fact SheetĬhicago’s location in the center of America is as important as the human heart in the body.Įach day, nearly 500 freight trains and 760 passenger trains pass through the region, moving the goods and people that help pump life into the national economy.The 75th Street Corridor Improvement Project (CIP) will reduce congestion where 30 Metra trains, roughly 90 freight trains and two Amtrak trains cross each other daily.Launched in 2003, the $4.6 billion plan includes 70 projects (30 of which are already complete) to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Chicago’s freight, commuter and intercity passenger rail.Department of Transportation (DOT), the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago and Cook County. The Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency ( CREATE) Program is an innovative public-private partnership involving BNSF, Canadian Pacific, Canadian National, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific Railroad, Amtrak, Metra, the U.S.
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