June 22, 2010
ILMPO.orgIllinois MPO Advisory Council
Statewide Coordinator Update
Announcements

Notice of Funding Availability for the Department of Housing and Urban Development's
Community Challenge Planning Grants and the Department of Transportation's TIGER II
Planning Grants (PDF)

10th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference:
Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities Conference (website)








Illinois News:

Future leaders starting to plan

Ingersoll to Build a Wind Blade Demonstrator

New agency chief vows to cut costs, boost image of highway system

No formal vote expected on gas tax by Urbana city council

Report touts high-speed rail via C-U

RMAP releases five year plan

Suburbia revised: Confronting shuttered shopping centers and empty big-boxes, developers try turning malls into Main Streets

Sycamore council approves road repairs
 
Tilton hears about interchange plans

Transportation center groundbreaking expected soon



National News:


Georgia Highlights State Transportation Resource Plan

FUTURE MOBILITY IN ARKANSAS: Meeting the State's Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility

Infra Blog: John Horsley, Executive Director, AASHTO

President Obama breaks ground on 10,000th Recovery Act road project; let the Summer of Recovery begin!

Safe Routes to School avoids a House vote to cut it - for now

The National Bicycling and Walking Study: 15-Year Status Report

What Should Transportation Departments Do For Electric Cars?




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Marta Perales

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