Transportation News Brief

September 28, 2012

Illinois MPO Advisory Council

Transportation News Brief

Illinois Transportation Websites

ILLINOIS NEWS

3rd airport layout plan goes to FAA (Northwest Indiana Times)

Accelerated rail study on Chicago-Detroit corridor explained at public forum (Michigan Live)

Group vows continued support of improvements in passenger rail (Galesburg)

IDOT Statement on High-Speed Rail Milestone (Illinois Department of Transportation)

Illinois company in final stages of bidding to make high-speed rail cars for Amtrak (Chicago Tribune)

Panel will review stalled Poplar Street Bridge plan (St Louis Dispatch)

RTA pushes bond plan to upgrade transit system (Chicago Tribune)

Senators Focus On River Infrastructure Improvements (Farm Futures)

What to Do This Weekend: Cycle the Bike Trails of Southern Illinois (Chicago Magazine)

NATIONAL NEWS

California governor paves way for driverless cars (The Christian Science Monitor)

Curtain rising on MAP-21; DOT helps ease transition into new transportation era (USDOT Fastlane Blog)

Demand for TIFIA project assistance off to a big start;
as MAP-21 takes effect, letters rolling in (USDOT FastLane Blog)

Five transportation stories that will shape the year ahead (Talking Transportation)

Google car zooms toward legal status (The Bay Citizen)

How Horizontal Drilling And Fracking Have Reshaped The U.S. Energy Landscape (Infrastructure USA)

Local Governments Launch Ambitious Energy Efficiency Program (Sacramento Bee)

New Walk Score app: Another step forward for walkability (Transportation For America)

Transit Diaries: Three Dozen Riders Sound Off On The Good And Bad Of Los Angeles' Trains And Buses (University of Southern California)

Marta Perales

MPO Statewide Coordinator

Illinois MPO Advisory Council

233 S Wacker Suite 800

Chicago Illinois 60606

Email: marta@ilmpo.org