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CNT Releases Analysis of Demographic Change Near the Region’s Transit Stations
The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) recently released Transit-Oriented Development in the Chicago Region: Efficient and Resilient Communities for the 21 st Century . The report analyzes population and employment change from 2000-10 within one-half mile of the region’s rail transit stations as compared to the region as a whole, as well as four peer regions (New York, Philadelphia,...
Springfield Snapshot, April 29-May 2, 2013
Both the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate were in session this week. Four weeks remain in this legislative session, and bills need to have advanced to the other chamber or received an extension from leadership to advance through the legislative process. Bills also must advance out of second chamber committees by Friday, May 10, 2013. The following Policy...
Cook County Releases Economic Development Agenda
On April 4, 2013, Cook County released an economic development agenda, Partnering for Prosperity . Eight of the nine agenda strategies directly align with GO TO 2040 recommendations. The following Policy Update provides a brief overview of the agenda, which addresses the county’s role in the metropolitan Chicago economy, and describes the many areas in which Partnering for...
Revenue Shortfalls Jeopardize State Capital Program Financing
Roughly once every ten years, the State of Illinois provides a capital funding package for transportation and other infrastructure projects. The most recent packages, Jump Start and Illinois Jobs Now! , were both enacted in 2009 and are often referred to as a “$31 billion” package to support investment in transportation, schools, and other public facilities. About half of that...
CDOT Releases Complete Streets Design Guidelines
On April 13, 2013, the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) released its new Complete Streets Design Guidelines . The “complete streets” movement emphasizes designing roadways for use by all modes, including transit, bicycle, and pedestrian. The guidelines contain four key themes to institutionalize complete streets into CDOT’s activities. The first theme...
Springfield Snapshot, April 8-12, 2013
This week, the Illinois General Assembly reconvened after a two-week spring break. CMAP has been tracking over 350 bills this session, but only a fraction met last month’s committee hearing deadline. In coming weeks, bills will have to meet third-reading deadlines in the respective chambers of origin starting in the Illinois House of Representatives (April 19) and later in the...
FTA Finalizes Changes to New Starts Program
On January 9, 2013, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced changes to the New Starts and Small Starts programs. These reforms streamline the administrative review process for applicants to both programs and apply broader evaluation criteria to proposed projects. More specifically, these changes expand the program’s environmental criteria to include measures of...
MAP-21 Changes to the New Starts Program
The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21 st Century ( MAP-21 ) two-year transportation reauthorization bill made a critical change to eligibility requirements for New Starts funding for transit, as GO TO 2040 recommends. Specifically, MAP-21 expanded funding eligibility to include a new category of “core capacity improvement projects.” These projects must increase the capacity of a...
MAP-21, Performance Measures, and Performance-Based Funding
The recently-passed transportation reauthorization bill Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21 st Century (MAP-21) features a new federal emphasis on performance measurement. This focus is consistent with GO TO 2040, which promotes the transparency of public data and decision-making and seeks to improve the accountability of public spending by better linking investments to outcomes....
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The LTA home page has details of activities sponsored by the HUD Sustainable Communities grant to CMAP for support of community projects that advance the principles of GO TO 2040. In our second call for projects through the Local Technical Assistance (LTA) program, CMAP received over 100 proposals from more than 80 applicants. View the press release and summary of selected projects.
An interactive map of local case studies describes projects and people that exemplify the goals and objectives of GO TO 2040.
CMAP's Local Ordinances and Toolkits program provides resources to municipalities interested in pursuing policies that are aligned with GO TO 2040 recommendations.
