November 19, 2012 
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Arlington Heights residents call housing report 'vague'  (Chicago Tribune)

CMAP Rolls Up Sleeves On Several Area Projects (Journal Online)

Comptroller: Money for some state programs will run out before the end of the fiscal year (Illinois Issues Blog)

Crete OKs resolution for locally controlled airport authority (Northwest Indiana Times)

Dist. 205 Partners with the Rockford Metropolitan Agency for Planning (WIFR News)

Feds endorse 10th Street rail consolidation plan (State Journal Register)

Follow-up File: Dirksen, Clear Lake project nears finish (State Journal Register)

Helping Hands' attempt to move meets opposition (State Journal Register)

Holiday drivers: Be on the lookout for deer (Peoria Journal Star)

IDOT looking for feedback from I-55 motorists for roadway study (My Suburban Life)

Roundabout at Windsor and Race would eventually cause traffic jams, plan commission says (The News Gazette)

NATIONAL NEWS 
 

America's Economy (US Census Bureau - Mobile Apps) 

  

Complete Streets Grows State Transportation Policy (Georgia DOT Blog) 

Expanded Transportation Performance Measures (Infrastructure USA - Florida DOT)

How MAP-21 Pushed Transit to the Edge of Its Own Fiscal Cliff (D.C. Streets Blog)

Impact of Baby Boomers on U.S. Travel, 1969-2009 (AARP Public Policy Institute)

Moving the Dial on the Gas Tax (National Journal Transportation Blog)

NIRPC committee OKs new boundary map (Northwest Indiana Times)

Remaking Federalism | Renewing the Economy: Resetting Federal Policy to Recharge the Economy, Stabilize the Budget, and Unleash State and Metropolitan Innovation (The Brookings Institution)

Smarter Traffic Signals Could Make Commuting Easier (Governing)

Who May be the Next Transportation Secretary?  (Governing)  
 


 

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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