Chicago

====Freight rail====
Chicago is the largest hub in the railroad industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.beltrailway.com/about-2/ |title=About |date=March 19, 2012 |access-date=April 20, 2016 |archive-date=April 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419211030/http://www2.beltrailway.com/about-2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> All five [[Class I railroad]]s meet in Chicago. {{as of|2002}}, severe freight train congestion caused trains to take as long to get through the Chicago region as it took to get there from the West Coast of the country (about 2 days).<ref>{{cite web |last=Winsor |first=Jeromie |url=http://www.metroplanning.org/articleDetail.asp?objectID=1707 |title=Metropolitan Planning Council |publisher=Metroplanning.org |date=July 14, 2003 |access-date=May 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530063637/http://www.metroplanning.org/articleDetail.asp?objectID=1707 |archive-date=May 30, 2012}}</ref> According to U.S. Department of Transportation, the volume of imported and exported goods transported via rail to, from, or through Chicago is forecast to increase nearly 150 percent between 2010 and 2040.<ref>{{cite web |title=CREATE Program Benefits Fact Sheets |url=http://www.createprogram.org/benefits.htm |website=CREATE |access-date=July 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814015216/http://createprogram.org/benefits.htm |archive-date=August 14, 2015}}</ref> CREATE, the [[Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program]], comprises about 70 programs, including crossovers, overpasses and underpasses, that intend to significantly improve the speed of freight movements in the Chicago area.<ref>{{cite web |title=CREATE projects |url=http://www.createprogram.org/projects.htm |website=CREATE |publisher=CREATE.org |access-date=July 20, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813234025/http://createprogram.org/projects.htm |archive-date=August 13, 2015}}</ref>