October 26, 2012
Illinois MPO Advisory Council
Transportation News Brief
Illinois Transportation Websites
ILLINOIS NEWS
Consultant's study
offers remedies for Rockford's ills (Rockford Register)
Efficiency commission eyes
township government
(State Journal Register)
ICC hosts info sessions for
highway construction careers training
(Pekin Times)
IDOT: Halloween Masks Won't Hide
Drunk Driving
(State of Illinois)
Railroad police officers
stop in Normal to promote safety (Pantagraph)
Tollway budget
includes $771 million for Addams, Elgin-O'Hare work
Two Recent Reports Address
Federal Transportation Funding
(CMAP Policy Blog)
Will County:
Illiana expressway
plan seeks Feds' OK (Kankakee Journal)
NATIONAL NEWS
13 Reasons Why You Should Start
nBiking To Work
(Business Insider)
AASHTO Video: The
Pavement Management Guide, 2nd Edition
(Infrastructure USA)
At NACTO Conference,
LaHood Delivers Straight Talk on MAP-21 (Streetsblog Capital Hill)
Brookings' Bruce Katz: Transportation reform key t
o
"metropolitan revolution"
(Bike Portland)
Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and
bicycling initiatives
(Center For Transportation Research - University of Texas at Austin)
NACTO Previews a
Progressive Design Guide
for City Streets (Streetsblog Capital Hill)
Rebuilding
Waterways
and Repairing How They Are Funded (The Ferguson Group)
Regional planning agency:
Infrastructure
needs more funding (Philly)
State DOTs'
social media activity
on the rise, AASHTO survey finds (Progressive Railroading)
The quest for
'8-80' bikeways
(Bike Portland)
Marta Perales
MPO Statewide Coordinator
Illinois MPO Advisory Council
233 S Wacker Suite 800
Chicago Illinois 60606
Email: marta@ilmpo.org
