August 2, 2012
Report: Airfreight Going Up by Tom Robb
Published by Journal & Topics
TOPICS: Transportation, Regional Mobility, Freight
The article cover’s CMAP's recently released freight "drill-down" report and quotes CMAP's Matt Maloney and Garett Ballard-Rosa.

July 24, 2012
New Grant for Future Road Improvements by Brock Stein
Published by The Times Weekly
TOPICS: LTA, Transportation
The article covers the development of a transportation plan for the Village of Plainfield. This is a project through CMAP’s Local Technical Assistance (LTA) program.

July 24, 2012
The Cities that Work Series: Regional collaboration, local action needed in tri-state planning by Paula Worthington
Published by: Metropolitan Planning Council
TOPICS: Transportation
This blog post written by Paula Worthington of the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy highlights the importance of cooperation between southeast Wisconsin, northeastern Illinois, and northwest Indiana. It mentions the potential to build on existing relationships between CMAP, the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, and the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission.

July 23, 2012
Public input sought on environmental goals for Niles by Tracey Gruen
Published by Chicago Sun-Times
TOPICS: LTA, Sustainability
The article previews the first public meeting for the development of an Environmental Action Plan for the Village of Nile and quotes CMAP’s Kristin Inchak. This is a project through CMAP’s LTA program.

July 22, 2012
Derailments fact of life in the suburbs by Marni Pyke
Published by Daily Herald
TOPICS: Transportation, Regional Mobility, Freight
This article covers freight train derailments in Illinois and mentions data from CMAP’s freight “drill-down” report.

July 22, 2012
CMAP Report Highlights Need for Coordinated Rail Infrastructure Policies in Chicago by Matt Ball
Published by Informed Infrastructure
TOPICS: Transportation, Regional Mobility, Freight
The article covers the release and findings of CMAP’s freight “drill-down” report.

July 20, 2012
Algonquin residents suggest improvements for downtown by Elena Ferrarin
Published by Daily Herald
TOPICS: LTA, Land Use
The article covers the development of a downtown plan for Algonquin. The project is funded by a Community Planning Program grant through CMAP’s LTA program.

July 20, 2012
Residents tell planners how to make Algonquin more inviting by Joseph Bustos
Published by Northwest Herald
TOPICS: LTA, Land use
The article covers the development of a downtown plan for Algonquin. The project is funded by a Community Planning Program grant through CMAP’s LTA program.

July 19, 2012
Get Chicago freight on track to future, agency says by Thomas Frisbie
Published by Chicago Sun-Times
TOPICS: Transportation, Regional Mobility, Freight
The article covers the release and findings of CMAP’s freight “drill-down” report.

July 19, 2012
Chicago’s most wanted workers: techies, nurses by Jon Pletz
Published by Crain’s Chicago Business
TOPICS: Innovation, Human Capital
The article covers the July Illinois Innovation Index e-newsletter that examinedthe use of online job postings to track metropolitan Chicago's labor supply and demand.

July 19, 2012
Traffic planning takes center stage in Plainfield by Sherri Dauskurdas
Published by The Enterprise
TOPICS: LTA, Transportation
The article covers the development of a transportation plan for the Village of Plainfield. The project is funded by a Community Planning Program grant through CMAP’s LTA program.