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Making Chicago a hub would be a nightmare. The city is already home to the worst highway gridlock in the US.

The hub should be shifted further west to help create another metro area, not to just add to an existing one that happens to also be very corrupt.

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Does anyone else see something wrong with Chicago being the central hub (specifically regarding our president's past history in Chicago)? Sure, it's not exactly like it would have been if Bush (W) proposed a large rail hub in Crawford, but Chicago isn't exactly the only choice for such a hub either. In fact, why not avoid a large hub?

The best choice for a hub is someplace that large numbers of people would use as their destination. Chicago fits the bill much better than anywhere else in the middle of the country. There's a reason O'Hare is one of the busiest airports in the nation.

Isn't Chicago already the big rail hub for Amtrak? I think all the East to West traffic in the Northern half of the country goes through there.

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