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Updated on June 18, 2013

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An Implementation Strategy for Kane County's 2040 Long Range Transit Plan

Kane County’s 2040 Transportation Plan, adopted in 2012, included a Long Range Transit Plan (LRTP) that focuses on improving transit service and achieving other transportation goals. Now, with the help of CMAP’s Local Technical Assistance (LTA) program, Kane County is working on an implementation strategy for the LRTP.
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Updated on May 17, 2013

Policy Updates in Livable Communities | Regional Mobility

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,...
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Updated on May 17, 2013

Policy Updates in Efficient Governance | Livable Communities | Regional Mobility

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...
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Updated on April 30, 2013

Policy Updates in Efficient Governance | Human Capital | Livable Communities | Regional Mobility

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...
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Updated on May 02, 2013

Policy Updates in Regional Mobility

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...
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Updated on April 19, 2013

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White House Releases FY 2014 Budget Proposal

On April 10, 2013, President Obama released his budget proposal for federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2014.  Over the next ten years, the budget would increase revenues by about $1.1 trillion and cut ten-year spending by $265 billion, thereby reducing the federal deficit by $1.3 trillion compared to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) baseline projections.  CMAP is monitoring the...
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Updated on April 18, 2013

Policy Updates in Livable Communities | Regional Mobility

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...
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Updated on April 12, 2013

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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...
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Updated on March 14, 2013

in Regional Mobility

Plan Update

On March 13 and 14, 2013, the CMAP Board and MPO Policy Committee voted to amend GO TO 2040 by adding Circle Interchange improvements to the plan's list of fiscally constrained projects and by changing the proposed Prairie Parkway description in the list of unconstrained projects.

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Updated on March 12, 2013

Policy Updates in Regional Mobility

U.S. House Votes to Implement Spending Cuts for FY 2013

On March 6, 2013, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 933 , a resolution to fund the federal government through September 2013.  The resolution would maintain FY 2012 funding levels for federal programs, minus the spending cuts required under “sequestration,” which put $1.2 trillion of automatic, across-the-board cuts into effect on March 1.  The federal budget is...
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Local Technical Assistance Program

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.  Planning assistance and grants for local projects across metropolitan Chicago are now available through the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) Community Planning Program and CMAP Local Technical Assistance Program at www.rtachicago.com/applications.
 

CASE STUDIES

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.