November 2, 2012 
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Bridges & Blues benefit offers sneak peek of Calumet-Sag Trail design (Northwest Indiana Times)   

 

Chuck Sweeny: Enough navel-gazing, Rockford, let's get to work! (Rockford Register)   

 

Energy savings program offered to residents (Chicago Tribune)  

Green Diamond Rail Trail Is A County Gem (The Journal News)  


Mayor's View: Rural transit will help many (Journal Standard) 
 
Normal transit hub example for Springfield (State Journal Register)

Planning the ultimate Lake Michigan trail (Michigan Radio)

Why Chicago Is Spending Millions on the Gary Airport (Chicago Magazine)  
    
Yellow Dot packets available at Henry County Health Department (Quad Cities Online)  

  

NATIONAL NEWS 
 

Biking and walking rule in a city sans subway (Bike Portland)

Burden for rebuilding infrastructure may fall to states (Washington Post)

DOT continues support for Sandy relief efforts (US DOT Blog)

Functional and Economical, Cargo Bikes On the Rise 
(Next American City)

How New Yorkers Are Getting Around After Sandy (DC Streets Blog)
Iowa City favored for proposed new Amtrak route (The Gazette)

Keeping the trains running: A leadership interview with the head of the Surface Transportation Board (Washington Post)

Our infrastructure needs investment (Politico) 

  

Rejecting the Narrow Framework of "Urban" Planning (CoLab Radio) 
 
 

Marta Perales 
MPO Statewide Coordinator 
Illinois MPO Advisory Council 
233 S Wacker Suite 800 
Chicago Illinois  60606 
Email:  marta@ilmpo.org
 
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