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Welcome to our Moving Forward section, where you can find the latest information about how our seven-county region is working to implement the GO TO 2040 comprehensive plan. See the second annual GO TO 2040 implementation report, and please check back often for updates and ways to stay involved.

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Updated on October 30, 2012

New LTA Projects announced

Second wave of projects through the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s Local Technical Assistance program emphasize interjurisdictional collaboration and planning for sustainable, livable communities.
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Updated on February 28, 2013

Policy Updates in Regional Mobility

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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Updated on December 10, 2012

in Efficient Governance

Shedding Light on Property Tax Assessment and Classification

CMAP launched a series of two issue briefs that shed light on the process of property tax assessment classification. The first issue brief looks briefly at how property tax assessment classification in the region may impede business development. The second in the series looks in greater detail at classification's effects on economic activity.
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Updated on October 30, 2012

in Livable Communities

Local Food Systems Video and Microsite

The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning has launched a new microsite and video to help support local food systems in metropolitan Chicago at www.cmap.illinois.gov/food. GO TO 2040 calls for strengthening the region’s local food systems as one of its 12 priority recommendation areas.
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Updated on October 03, 2012

Policy Updates in Regional Mobility

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...
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  • CTA Red Line South Extension
     
    Read about how the CTA Red Line South Extension will enhance livability and provide opportunity.
  • Congestion Pricing
     
    New CMAP website with computer-modeled analysis shows the need to implement express toll lanes to improve traffic flow.
  • Local Food Systems
     
    CMAP's new microsite on how sustainable local food systems can boost economic development in metropolitan Chicago.
  • MetroPulse Jobs
     
    A new web resource to promote development of the region's workforce and economy.
  • CMAP Updates
     
    All the latest is available via our weekly email or Twitter and Facebook.
  • Metropolitan Chicago's
    Freight Cluster
     
    CMAP "drill-down" report analyzes one of our region's strongest industry clusters.
  • Green Infrastructure Vision
     
    New data and GIS tools help CMAP partners support conservation efforts.

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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.  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.
 

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.