With two weeks left in the spring session, both the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate were in Springfield this week.  One final legislative deadline remains before the General Assembly adjourns on Friday, May 31, 2013:  Bills in both chambers must meet third reading deadlines by Friday, May 24. The following Policy Update reviews action from the week of May... Read More

As the Illinois Jobs Now! state capital program comes to a close, some transportation and business leaders have led discussions to identify revenues for a new capital program.  In May 2013, the Transportation for Illinois Coalition (TFIC) proposed to eliminate the state motor fuel tax (MFT) and remove motor fuel from the 6.25-percent state sales tax base, which would then be... Read More

Both the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate were in session this week.  Three weeks remain in this legislative session, and bills must advance out of second chamber committees by Friday, May 10, 2013. One final legislative deadline remains before the General Assembly adjourns on Friday, May 31 -- bills in both chambers must meet third reading deadlines by Friday, May... Read More

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,... Read More

On May 8, 2013, CMAP launched a new microsite about performance-based funding, which is a data-driven, transparent, and collaborative approach to planning and programming transportation funds.  GO TO 2040 recommends that transportation funding decisions be based on transparent evaluation criteria, and calls on the region’s transportation stakeholders to develop and utilize the... Read More