Cook County eyes transportation projects that spur development, jobs

Riding around the south suburbs in an SUV with John Yonan is a real glass-half-full experience.

Yonan, the Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways superintendent, sees opportunity and potential where others might see urban blight.

I accepted Yonan’s invitation to tour parts of the Southland with him to see how the county is strategically investing transportation resources in projects designed to spur economic development and job growth…Please click here to read Ted Slowik’s column in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.