Main Contact for Technical Assistance:
Jon Hallas, AICP
Associate Planner
(312) 386-8764
(312) 386-8765 (fax)
jhallas@cmap.illinois.gov

Other Areas of Technical Assistance:
Transportation: Capital project funding, Circulation and access planning, Financial resources for transportation planning, Implementing human services plans for transit, Integrating transportation and land use planning, Operating project funding, Small area traffic forecasting, Station area and transit oriented development, Transportation corridor planning, Transportation (other); Land Use: Brownfield and greyfield redevelopment, Community visioning, Comprehensive plan development / review, Farmland preservation, Greenways and trails, Historic preservation, Infill, Mixed-use (re)development, Natural areas and open space, Streetscapes and urban design, Zoning and smart codes, Land Use (other); Economic Development: Business attraction / retention, Office market analysis, Residential market analysis, Retail market analysis, Tax-increment financing (TIFs), Economic Development (other); Environment and Natural Resources: Conservation design, Flood protection, Green practices in communities, Local water conservation, Natural landscaping, Stormwater management, Stream and wetland protection, Water quality, Watershed plans, Environment and Natural Resources (other); Housing: Affordable housing, Prevention of foreclosures, Housing (other); Data / GIS: GIS demographic data, GIS land use data, GIS mapping assistance, Interpreting census data, Visualization / 3D modeling, Data / GIS (other)

Specific Projects:
DuPage County Pedestrian Conditions Study
Addison, Lombard, Downers Grove, and Wheaton, Illinois
Beginning date:
Ending date: 2007

Description of project:
Small study of the pedestrian conditions in four DuPage County communities, funded by the Graham Foundation.

Contact person for project:
Thomas Murtha
tmurtha@cmap.illinois.gov


Community Studies of Pedestrian Safety
Chicago (neighborhood of Austin), Chicago Heights, Waukegan, and Berwyn, Illinois
Beginning date:
Ending date:

Description of project:
Working with the following communities on pedestrain safety: Chicago (neighborhood of Austin), Chicago Heights, Waukegan, and Berwyn.

Contact person for project:
Thomas Murtha
tmurtha@cmap.illinois.gov 


I-355 Corridor Trail
Homer Glen, Lemont, Lockport, New Lenox, and Woodridge, Illinois
Beginning date:
Ending date:

Description of project:
Providing bikeway planning assistance to the I-355 Corridor Trail.

Contact person for project:
Thomas Murtha
tmurtha@cmap.illinois.gov 


Skokie Valley Line Corridor
Northbrook, Northfield, Glenview, Winnetka, and Skokie, Illinois
Beginning date:
Ending date:

Description of project:
Providing bikeway planning assistance to the Skokie Valley line corridor project.

Contact person for project:
Thomas Murtha
tmurtha@cmap.illinois.gov


Subregional Bikeway Plans
Kane County, DuPage County, Northwest/North Shore CoM, Central CoM, South CoM and McHenry County, Illinois
Beginning date:
Ending date:

Description of project:
Providing support for subregional bikeway plans. .

Contact person for project:
Thomas Murtha
tmurtha@cmap.illinois.gov

 
412 S. Peoria St,
Suite 340
Chicago, Illinois 60607
(312) 996-4820
(312) 413-0006 (fax)
vonu-pt@uic.edu 
http://www.utc.uic.edu 

Main Contact for Technical Assistance:
Piyushimita "Vonu" Thakuriah
Interim Director
vonu-pt@uic.edu 

Other Areas of Technical Assistance:
Transportation: Capital project funding, Circulation and access planning, Financial resources for transportation planning, Implementing human services plans for transit, Integrating transportation and land use planning, Operating project funding,Small area traffic forecasting, Station area and transit oriented development, Transportation corridor planning, Transportation (other); Environment and Natural Resources: Environment (other); Data/GIS: GIS demographic data, GIS land use data, GIS mapping assistance, Interpreting census data,Visualization/3D modeling, Data/GIS (other)