CMAP Weekly Update
Zoning governs the look and feel of a community. But rules that restrict housing options can force residents to leave when their lives change, and prevent new ones from moving in.
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 4-23-21
Illinois' fiscal and tax policy decisions affect regional investments in infrastructure and communities. Tax policy influences the overall economy and can spur business and residential developm...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 4-16-21
The pandemic has reinforced the dangers behind street designs that encourage excessive vehicle speeding. Communities throughout northeastern Illinois are turning more roads into complete street...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 4-9-21
In a new report, CMAP details how transportation fees, fines, and fares impact residents with low income and people of color, and recommends policy changes to improve equity.
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 4-2-21
One year after the pandemic severely affected the regional economy, northeastern Illinois is showing signs of recovery but continues to lag behind national trends. A slow recovery could magnify...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 3-26-21
The theme for this year's World Water Day, celebrated on Monday, March 22, was valuing water. One way to think about the value of water is through its cost. Population growth and industrial dev...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 3-12-21
Five communities in northeastern Illinois are moving forward on a plan to create a robust walking and bicycling network along the Lake Michigan shoreline. The Northern Lakeshore Trail Connectiv...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 3-19-21
As the weather begins to warm, melting snow and falling rain can lead to flooding all around northeastern Illinois. Flooded streets cause travel delays, safety issues, and costly repairs.
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 3-5-21
Women have been vulnerable to the economic impacts of COVID-19. In Illinois and across the nation, women have become unemployed or dropped out of the workforce at higher rates than men. Underst...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 2-26-21
CMAP's latest analysis of transportation trends during the pandemic shows a decrease in traffic volumes across all vehicle classes as mitigation efforts were put into places during the past few...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 2-19-21
Each legislative session, CMAP develops strategic policy agendas based on recommendations from ON TO 2050, the region’s long-range plan. The CMAP Board recently approved 2021 agendas for state ...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 2-12-21
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and more than 20 private and public partners recently developed a list of shared principles for Congress to consider when reauthorizing the n...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 2-5-21
Transit Equity Day, celebrated every year on Rosa Parks' birthday of February 4, is meant to highlight why officials need to support equitable, accessible, and sustainable public transportation.
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 1-29-21
Even before the pandemic disrupted travel patterns, traffic safety trends were worsening throughout the country. The five-year average of traffic fatalities on northeastern Illinois' roads has ...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 1-22-21
Illinois lost nearly 80,000 residents in 2020, marking the seventh straight year of population decline.
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 1-15-21
Throughout 2020, CMAP provided critical data and analyses to help our communities stay informed and navigate new challenges. Many of those topics remain relevant today. As we enter a new year, ...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 1-8-21
CMAP is accepting funding applications for surface transportation projects from Friday, January 8, through Friday, March 5.
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 12-11-20
Pandemic presents opportunity to support biking and walking, FLIP international exchange, CMAP Celebrates, and more
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 12-4-20
Voters approve consolidations, the future of freight, and more
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 11-20-20
Since the start of the coronavirus response and Illinois' stay-at-home order, transit and transportation use has significantly changed.
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update
Zoning governs the look and feel of a community. But rules that restrict housing options can force residents to leave when their lives change, and prevent new ones from moving in.
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 4-23-21
Illinois' fiscal and tax policy decisions affect regional investments in infrastructure and communities. Tax policy influences the overall economy and can spur business and residential developm...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 4-16-21
The pandemic has reinforced the dangers behind street designs that encourage excessive vehicle speeding. Communities throughout northeastern Illinois are turning more roads into complete street...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 4-9-21
In a new report, CMAP details how transportation fees, fines, and fares impact residents with low income and people of color, and recommends policy changes to improve equity.
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 4-2-21
One year after the pandemic severely affected the regional economy, northeastern Illinois is showing signs of recovery but continues to lag behind national trends. A slow recovery could magnify...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 3-26-21
The theme for this year's World Water Day, celebrated on Monday, March 22, was valuing water. One way to think about the value of water is through its cost. Population growth and industrial dev...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 3-12-21
Five communities in northeastern Illinois are moving forward on a plan to create a robust walking and bicycling network along the Lake Michigan shoreline. The Northern Lakeshore Trail Connectiv...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 3-19-21
As the weather begins to warm, melting snow and falling rain can lead to flooding all around northeastern Illinois. Flooded streets cause travel delays, safety issues, and costly repairs.
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 3-5-21
Women have been vulnerable to the economic impacts of COVID-19. In Illinois and across the nation, women have become unemployed or dropped out of the workforce at higher rates than men. Underst...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 2-26-21
CMAP's latest analysis of transportation trends during the pandemic shows a decrease in traffic volumes across all vehicle classes as mitigation efforts were put into places during the past few...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 2-19-21
Each legislative session, CMAP develops strategic policy agendas based on recommendations from ON TO 2050, the region’s long-range plan. The CMAP Board recently approved 2021 agendas for state ...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 2-12-21
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and more than 20 private and public partners recently developed a list of shared principles for Congress to consider when reauthorizing the n...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 2-5-21
Transit Equity Day, celebrated every year on Rosa Parks' birthday of February 4, is meant to highlight why officials need to support equitable, accessible, and sustainable public transportation.
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 1-29-21
Even before the pandemic disrupted travel patterns, traffic safety trends were worsening throughout the country. The five-year average of traffic fatalities on northeastern Illinois' roads has ...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 1-22-21
Illinois lost nearly 80,000 residents in 2020, marking the seventh straight year of population decline.
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 1-15-21
Throughout 2020, CMAP provided critical data and analyses to help our communities stay informed and navigate new challenges. Many of those topics remain relevant today. As we enter a new year, ...
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 1-8-21
CMAP is accepting funding applications for surface transportation projects from Friday, January 8, through Friday, March 5.
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 12-11-20
Pandemic presents opportunity to support biking and walking, FLIP international exchange, CMAP Celebrates, and more
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 12-4-20
Voters approve consolidations, the future of freight, and more
Read MoreCMAP Weekly Update, 11-20-20
Since the start of the coronavirus response and Illinois' stay-at-home order, transit and transportation use has significantly changed.
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