During a graduate seminar at UIC in 2008, Joe Baldwin came up with an idea for a mobile garden attached to a CTA train that would travel around the city bringing a bit of green into all of our lives. On Saturday he announced on his website that the CTA has approved the project. No word yet on when the garden will appear. [via Hugh Bartling]

The Circle Line, a proposed El line which would connect all other CTA lines 2-3 miles outside the Loop, is just a bit closer to being a reality. You can hear all about it when the CTA presents their findings from the third phase of analysis next week. The open houses will be in three locations, including one on the South Side next Thursday at the Benito Juarez Community Academy in Pilsen.

Benito Juarez Community Academy
2150 S. Laflin Street
Thursday, October 1, 2009
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.