August 8, 2012
Illinois MPO Advisory Council
Transportation News Brief
Illinois Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory
Council
233 S Wacker -
Suite 800
Chicago IL 60606
Phone: 708.268.6908
Fax:866.855.9547
Small MPOs
--Danville
Area Transportation Study
--DeKalb-Sycamore
Area Transportation Study
--Kankakee
Area Transportation Study
--Stateline
Area Transportation Study
Mid Size MPOs
--Champaign Urbana
Urbanized Area Transportation Study
--Decatur
Urbanized Area Transportation Study
--McLean
County Regional Planning Commission
--Springfield
Area Transportation Study
Large MPOs
--Bi-State
Regional Planning Commission
--Chicago
Metropolitan Agency for Planning
--East-West Gateway
Council of Governments
--Peoria/Pekin
Urbanized Area Transportation Study
--Rockford
Metropolitan Agency for Planning
ILLINOIS NEWS
Bicycle Master Plan Would Add
Bike Lanes
(Lake Forest - Lake Bluff Patch)
Big plans for
Interstate 90
(Kane County Chronicle)
Durbin, Quinn announce $16.7 million investment in
Illinois airport infrastructure
(Aledo Times Record)
Findings from Peer Exchange on
Performance-Based Transportation Funding
(CMAP Blog)
MTD:
A Green Future
(Mass Transit Magazine)
Quinn renews
enterprise zone tax incentive program
(Peoria Journal Star)
Gov. Quinn talks
enterprise zones, pension reform
in Decatur Tues. (Pantagraph)
Residential Phase of Retrofit Chicago Launched
(eNews Park Forest)
Transportation summit
in Elgin recaps Illinois projects, funding (The Courier News)
Union Pacific
working on infrastructure in Iowa, Illinois (Railway Track & Structures)
NATIONAL NEWS
Bombardier Announces Winners of its Innovation Contest on the Future of
Urban Mobility
(Reuters)
FTA and MAP-21 a powerful combination for
American public transportation
(USDOT Blog)
Hampton Roads highway use
outpacing population growth, roadway capacity (Daily Press)
Hennepin County plan
to make walking a safer option
(Star Tribune)
Livability Funding
for Governors' Institute on Community Design will improve transportation options across America (USDOT Blog)
Metro to decide on
mobility funding plan
(Houston Chronicle)
The Original
Highway Code
(Streets Minnesota)
Safely Passing Bicyclists
(National Conference of State Legislatures)
What's the
Best Way to Build New Highways
: Private? Public? Tolls? Magic? (Transportation Nation)
Marta Elena Perales
MPO Statewide Coordinator
Illinois MPO Advisory Council
233 S Wacker Suite 800
Chicago IL 60606
marta@ilmpo.org
www.ilmpo.org
