December 6, 2012
Illinois MPO Advisory Council
Transportation News Brief
Illinois Transportation Websites
ILLINOIS NEWS
A county-level look at where Illinois'
most vulnerable residents
live (Crains Business)
Area moves toward
more planning
(The Southern)
Chicago's
Wacker Drive
revived for the 21st century (USDOT - Fast Lane Blog)
Dave Bakke:
Lincoln funeral reenactment
plans get boost from movie (St Journal Register)
Governor Quinn says first project $4.8M
Illinois Clean Water Initiative
in Pekin (Examiner)
House members propose new plan for
state employee pensions
(Illinois Issues Blog)
Mississippi River
forecast a tad better (The Southern)
Senate approves
driver's licenses
for undocumented immigrants (Illinois Issues Blog)
Several Illinois communities to share more than $21 million in
funding for housing
(Chicago Tribune)
Traffic Jam: The solution to
transportation woes
may mean leaving the car at home (News Magazine Network)
NATIONAL NEWS
A Difficult Lift for
Shuster
(National Journal - Transportation Experts Blog)
Eight Burning Questions About Post-Election
Transportation Policy and Politics
(DC Streets Blog)
Environmental group seeks to curb
emissions
from existing power plants (The Washington Post)
Induction Charging
Comes to Public Transit (Wired)
INFOGRAPHIC: The Road to
Fuel Efficiency
(US Department of Energy)
LaHood
talking with Obama about staying (Politico Pro)
President Proposes $50 Billion for
Infrastructure
(Transportation Issues Daily)
The
Metropolitan Future
of Brazil and the United States (Brookings Institute)
U.S. may be next hot spot for
infrastructure debt investments
(Reuters)
U.S. Rep calls for tighter rules for
train industry
(WBTV - New Jersey)
What Germany can teach Americans about transforming our
energy systems
(Minnesota Post)
Marta Perales
MPO Statewide Coordinator
Illinois MPO Advisory Council
233 S Wacker Suite 800
Chicago Illinois 60606
Email: marta@ilmpo.org
