Ideas for Improving Transportation
Transportation Innovation is fresh thinking about transportation planning, management and finance strategies that elevates decision-makers’ expectations about the value of improving transportation options to keep Chicagoland attractive and economically competitive. Through research, policy advocacy, and outreach — including through the bi-weekly e-newsletter Talking Transit — MPC is exploring innovative ways to make smarter transporttaion investments, increase the capacity of our existing network to meet growing demand, and reduce the need for costly new investments. From pedestrian and bike improvements to innovative transit financing such as value capture, we are advancing ways to reduce excess traffic congestion, connect jobs, retail and homes, foster economic development, clean the air, and realize greater benefits from current and future transportation investments.
Talking Transit in our Re-Connection newsletter
Through the Talking Transit section of our twice monthly e-newsletter, Re-Connection, MPC provides updates about transit-related activities around the world. Sign up for Re-Connection today. Read past issues.
Articles
Talking Transit: President’s proposed budget would boost transit; states not waiting on Washington-
- Published monthly, MPC’s Talking Transit provides updates about transit-related activities around the world.
Get In the Loop on all the latest local, national, and international transit headlines. >>
Did You Know?So far in 2013, three governors – in both red and blue states…
MAP-21 changes how the U.S. invests in transportation by requiring performance measures-
- For the first time ever, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21), the current federal transportation authorization, requires the establishment of national goals and performance measures in planning for transportation investments. It’s the first step toward creating a truly…
Talking Transit: MAP-21 New performance measures - Why Illinois should implement a merit-based funding approach to state transportation investments now-
- Published monthly, MPC’s Talking Transit provides updates about transit-related activities around the world.
Get In the Loop on all the latest local, national, and international transit headlines. >>
Talking Transit is supported by Bombardier.
Did you know: Current Illinois…
Commute Options pilot offers Chicagoland employees commuting incentives-
- Adapted from an article that originally ran in the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) Suburban Chicago March newsletter.
If your tenants were interested in finding out about what commuting alternatives were available for their employees, what would you tell them? Much would depend on…
Talking Transit: MPC supports HB1549, the Merit Based Transportation Investments in Illinois Act-
- Published monthly, MPC’s Talking Transit provides updates about transit-related activities around the world.
Get In the Loop on all the latest local, national, and international transit headlines. >>
Talking Transit is supported by Bombardier.
Did you Know? Current Illinois…
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Multimedia
- MPC Roundtable—Tough Stuff: Resilient Infrastructure in a Changing World
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- Presentation
- May 17, 2013
- Slides from the May 15, 2013 MPC Roundtable on resilient infrastructure.
- Getting our Money's Worth: Using Value Capture to Fund Transit
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- Recorded on Sept. 11, 2012.
2012 Annual Luncheon: Discussion with Mayors Freeman-Wilson and Barrett-
- Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson of Gary, Ind. and Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee, Wisc. join MPC President MarySue Barrett for a discussion about priorities and opportunites for regional collaboration. Topics include transportation, natural resources, economic development, and challenges to…
1955 Chicago Union Station Booklet: Cross-Roads of the Nation-
- This 1950s booklet was produced by the railroads that then owned Chicago Union Station to promote the terminal's modern amenities and luxurious cross-country trains. When the station was at its peak, it boasted everything from a women's lounge and nursery to a jail. Today, this piece serves as an…
Bus Rapid Transit: Our Ticket to Livable Cities-
- Listen to this June 16, 2010, event featuring a panel discussion on:
An update on the future of bus rapid transit in Chicago.
How we can plan now for a more walkable, transit-friendly Chicagoland — including national and international models and local ingredients for success.
How the…
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Collaborators
Funders and Partners
BNSF
Bombardier Transportation
The Chicago Community Trust
Gaylord & Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
McCormick Foundation
Union Pacific
Walgreens