CMAP Contact Person

Tom Murtha (312) 386-8790 

Membership  

The Freight Committee is comprised of representatives from freight industry organizations, private railroads, trucking companies, consultants, researchers, planners as well as representatives of local, regional and state governments seeking to improve goods movement in metropolitan Chicago.

Charge

Identify, assess and respond to goods movement travel issues and opportunities and provide overall guidance for the development of the regional goods movement component of the Regional Comprehensive Plan.   Examples of key issues include safety, congestion relief, air quality, economic development, and community impacts.

Meetings      

• All meetings will be open to public participation.  
• For information about Freight Committee meetings, see http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/intermodal/minutes.aspx

Freight Committee

- Minutes and Agendas
- General Information

Highlighted Documents from Recent Meetings:

- FHWA Freight Facts and Figures 2008 
- CREATE Program Current Status (December 2009)

NEW! Regional Freight System

- Freight System Recommendations (2009)
- Freight System Data (2009)
- Freight System Strategies (Volpe, 2008)
- Inter-Regional Transportation Strategy (Volpe, 2009)
- Railroads and Your Community (2008)
- CMAP Freight Snapshot Outline (2009)
- CMAP Freight Operations Strategy Outline (2008)
- CMAP EJ&E EIS Response (2008)

Other Congestion Management Process pages:

Policy Documents and Strategy Analyses
- Congestion Management Overview 
- Congestion Management Process Policies 
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning 
- Strategy Analyses and Special Studies

Data and Performance Measurement
- Performance Measurement (General)
- Safety Data and Analysis

Bicycle and Pedestrian Task Force
- Minutes and Agendas 
- General Information 

View Related Pages:

Transportation Committee
- Minutes and Agendas
- General Information

- Other CMAP Committees