For more information on the Red Line Extension, check out the following resources:

General information including timeline and planning documents from the planning agency, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) (Sign up for e-mail updates at RedExtension@transitchicago.com).

Improving Access, Increasing Livability: The CTA Red Line South Extension, a report by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), the Developing Communities Project (DCP), and the CTA.

Transit Equity Matters: An Equity Index and Regional Analysis of the Red Line and Two Other Proposed CTA Transit Extensions December 2009, a report on the Red Line Extension as a regional issue of transit equity, prepared by the UIC Voorhees Center for the DCP.

The Case for Transit-Oriented Development in the Greater Roseland Area, a report prepared by the UIC Voorhees Center for the DCP.

Riverdale Community Area Multimodal Transportation Plan, by The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) and CMAP.

Roseland Medical District Existing Conditions Report, by the Far South Community Development Corporation (CDC) and CMAP

“With movement on CTA Red Line extension, gentrification questions arise,” by Mary Wisniewski, in the Chicago Tribune.

“Extending the Red Line At Last,” by La Risa Lynch, in the South Side Weekly.

Other relevant sources, from Professor Lou Turner’s Community Engagement in Planning Syllabus:

Community Benefits Agreements: Making Development Projects Accountable, by Julian Gross et al.

“Participation 2.0: Using Internet and Social Media Technologies to Promote Distributed Democracy and Create Digital Neighborhoods,” by Tina Nabatchi and Ines Mergel.

“Constructing Community Through Maps? Power and Praxis in Community Mapping,” by Brenda Parker.