The Network

Chicago first. Every corner of the city.

Every neighborhood. Every game. Every flight.

Our vision is a Loop network that connects every Chicago neighborhood to the stadiums, museums, McCormick Place, and both airports. Every trip runs point to point and nonstop, from your pickup to your destination.

Your neighborhood

Neighborhoods all over Chicago

It starts here. Our vision is a citywide Loop network that reaches neighborhoods all over Chicago, north, south, and west, not just downtown. Wherever you live, the whole city should feel close.

Lincoln ParkLakeviewSouth LoopWest LoopPilsenStreetervilleHyde ParkWicker ParkLogan SquareRiver NorthBronzevilleAndersonvilleChinatownThe LoopGold CoastBucktownUptownRogers ParkLittle VillageBridgeportHumboldt ParkEdgewaterChathamAustinO'Hare AirportMidway Airport

Neighborhoods shown are the campaign's vision of where a city network could reach. No routes have been approved or planned by The Boring Company. See proposed access points.

All the action

From your block to the big game

The point is simple: every neighborhood connected to the stadiums, museums, airports, and venues that make Chicago great.

Wrigley Field

Home of the Cubs, in Lakeview.

Sox Park

Rate Field, home of the White Sox, in Bridgeport.

Soldier Field

Home of the Bears, on the lakefront.

United Center

Home of the Bulls and Blackhawks, on the Near West Side.

Chicago Fire

The Fire's new stadium under construction at The 78 in the South Loop.

McCormick Place

North America's largest convention center, near the South Loop.

Museum Campus

The Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, and Adler Planetarium.

Art Institute of Chicago

World-class art, steps from Millennium Park.

Museum of Science and Industry

A Hyde Park favorite for all ages.

Navy Pier

Lakefront fun, food, and fireworks in Streeterville.

O'Hare Airport

Your flight, without the Kennedy.

Midway Airport

The Southwest Side's airport, closer than ever.

Pilsen → Wrigley FieldLogan Square → O'HareHyde Park → United CenterAndersonville → Soldier FieldBronzeville → McCormick Place

Example trips are the campaign's vision, not planned routes. No routes have been approved or planned by The Boring Company.

Potential stations

Where stations could be

The campaign's illustrative vision of potential Loop station locations across Chicago: neighborhoods all over the city plus the stadiums, museums, and airports people want to reach. Tap a marker for details.

Illustrative vision
Neighborhood station✶ Destination station

Every location is the campaign's illustrative vision for discussion. No stations or routes have been studied, approved, or planned by The Boring Company or any public agency. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. See all proposed access points.

Cross-town in minutes

Same time any time of day. No traffic.

Rush hour or midnight, game day or snow day, a tunnel trip would not care what is happening on the Kennedy or Lake Shore Drive. Here is how far apart some of Chicago's busiest trips really are.

TripDistanceTime at 60 mph
Soldier Field to Wrigley Field6.3 mi~6 min
O'Hare Airport to The Loop (Daley Plaza)15.6 mi~16 min
Midway Airport to McCormick Place8.3 mi~8 min
Hyde Park (57th and Ellis) to Wrigley Field11.2 mi~11 min
Rogers Park (Loyola station) to Museum of Science and Industry15.1 mi~15 min
Logan Square (Milwaukee and Logan) to United Center3.8 mi~4 min
Pilsen (18th Street) to Navy Pier3.5 mi~4 min
Austin (Central and Chicago) to Soldier Field8.0 mi~8 min
Bronzeville (35th and King) to O'Hare Airport18.0 mi~18 min

Straight-line distance at a steady 60 mph, illustrative; actual tunnel routes, stops and speeds would vary. These are not Boring Company speeds or plans for Chicago.

Go deeper

Explore the network

See the station vision

A map of potential station locations across the city, from Rogers Park to Chatham and Austin to the lakefront.

Explore access points

How curbside portals, garage portals, and hub stations could work in a Chicago network.

Cross-town in minutes

Straight-line examples of how far apart Chicago's busiest trips really are.

All locations and trips are the campaign's illustrative vision. No routes have been approved or planned by The Boring Company or any public agency.

Long term: expanding across the state.