Ease of Travel

I’ve been to O’Hare International Airport and I have been subjected to one of their famous delays, so I was happy when I heard that the Federal Aviation Administration approved a $15 billion project to expand and reconfigure its runways. (We’ll ignore the sticking point of the use of eminent domain, which in this case I agree with its usage) Here are some details:

The eight-year plan calls for reconfiguring the airport’s intersecting runways to a design of six parallel and two diagonal runways, which planners say would make it easier for planes to take off and land. The first runway would be opened in 2007. The plan also calls for adding taxiways, another terminal building, parking spaces for oversized planes and jet bridges.