News from the Illinois MPO Advisory Council

Illinois News:

Career Day Attracts Hundreds of Illinois Students for a Day of Transportation Education

Change To River's Flow Considered To Stop Carp

Development Plan Approved for DuPage and Six Other Illinois Counties

Durbin, Ardis Announce $10 Million for Peoria Warehouse District

Fiber optic threads can monitor bridges for soil erosion, strain and vibration

Former FBI agent to be tollway watchdog

Public transportation on its way to Pike Co., Ill.

State projects will cost millions

Stimulus money to fund Hickory Creek cleanup

Which Way for O'Hare Express?

National News:

Des Moines to Lead Nationally on Sustainable Planning

Fort Worth's Tower 55 project gets $34M

Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic

Landmark Studies on Transit, Energy and Nutrition Policies are Focus of New Grants

Investors For Sustainable Communities

Johnson Announces $16 Million Grant to Rebuild Rail Line

New Interagency Agreement Establishes Framework for Collaboration on the Economy, Energy and Environment Initiative

Secretary LaHood Announces More Than 70 Innovative Transportation Projects Competitively Funded Under TIGER II