April 18, 2012 
ILMPO
 
Illinois MPO Advisory Council 
Transportation News Brief
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Illinois News  

Cement company moving U.S. base to Chicago area (Chicago Crains)

 

 Casino study shows job gains (Commercial News)  

 

Electric vehicles, Zipcar to bolster state fleet (State Journal Register)

 

Evanston City Council approves location for new Yellow Line station (The Daily Northwestern) 

  

Mayor's speed camera, infrastructure trust plans on City Council agenda today (Chicago Tribune)

 

Metra lines won't close during NATO summit (Chicago SunTimes)  

 

Rockford Mass Transit District wants to help you catch a train (Rockford Register Star) 

 

RTA wants update on efforts to cut CTA budget deficit (Chicago SunTimes)   

 

Two-Day Event Features HUD Secretary Donovan, Assistant Treasury Secretary Eberly and Housing Industry Leaders from Across Illinois (Governor Quinn's Office)  

 

    

National News 

Aging transit systems grapple with repair backlog (Bloomberg Business Week)

Business leaders send the message: There's transportation work to be done (Ray LaHood)

COMMENTARY - Abandoning America's infrastructure (Holland Sentinel)

Defining social media as what it is: Mobile media (Talking Transportation)

House committee ignores highway bill veto threat (The Hill)

Hultgren Reiterates Need For Transit Parity In Infrastructure Legislation (Congressman Randy Hultgren)

LaHood: Congress's gridlock leaves safety as his legacy

Missouri transportation leaders want St. Louis bridge ramp plan restored; Illinois opposed (The Republican)

The Driving Tax (National Journal)

The Fantasy Solution of an Infrastructure Bank (Transportation Issues Daily)
 
Transportation and the New Generation: Why Young People are Driving Less and What it Means for Transportation Policy (Center for Transportation Research News)

Transportation Secretary LaHood sees no hope for pre-election highway bill (The Hill)

Marta Elena Perales
MPO Statewide Coordinator 
Illinois MPO Advisory Council