Passing through ORD this afternoon, I was thinking the same thing. "Modernization" they are calling it, but what exactly is new? They aren't wider, not faster, don't carry any more people, just got some new yellow markings on them. They could have installed all new escalators in the time they are taking on this project.

And I thought the UA terminal belonged to UA, that it was a ground lease from the city? I also thought the work was UA, and it seemed a pretty fine waste of money at this particular time.