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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...
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...
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...
Local Transportation Funding Measures Voted on Across the U.S.
Current federal and state sources of transportation revenue have proven inadequate to meet our nation’s investment needs. In response, local and regional governments have increasingly turned to their own dedicated sources of revenue to maintain and expand their transportation systems. On November 6, 2012, voters in 11 states weighed in on various local transportation funding...
Computer models show congestion pricing's benefits for metropolitan Chicago residents and region
Findings from Regional Peer Exchange on Capital Programming
On September 17-18, 2012, CMAP hosted a peer exchange of transportation implementers from across the region to discuss their agencies’ approaches to capital programming. Participating agencies included the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) District 1, Illinois Tollway, county transportation departments, North Shore Council of Mayors, CMAP, City of Chicago, City of...
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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. 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.
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.
