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The Illinois Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council includes thirteen metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) in the State that collectively plan and program transportation improvements that directly serve nearly 12.5 million people, indirectly impacts millions more and have a significant role in the state and national economies.

Our mission is to provide a forum for the sharing of information and best practices, policy and programming recommendations regarding transportation issues, and research intended to improve transportation planning and programming in Illinois.

This website is funded through Illinois state
planning and research funds.

Illinois News:

Area officials query IDOT on high-speed rail preparation (State Journal Register)

Chicago-K.C. corridor ready to roll (Chicago Tribune)

CTA riders may soon use cell phones to pay for rides (Chicago SunTimes)

Daring to imagine the future (Illinois Times)

Legislators urge 150+ mph bullet trains, not 110 mph trains (Chicago Tribune)

Lower credit rating costs Illinois extra half-billion in borrowing expenses (Chicago Business)

Schock: Highway bill in need of fuel (Peoria Star)

Slow work begins for fast trains in Illinois (Alton Telegraph)

State's budget crisis could derail $1-billion plan to expand Metra rail service (Chicago Business)

Tollway revolving door, sort of, and congestion pricing (Daily Herald)

National News:

A New Way To Pay? (National Journal - Transportation Experts)

Bike, pedestrian plan wins national award (Nashville Business Journal)

Interview with Mary Peters - First Steps for Obama's DOT, Seen Through a Bush Administration Lens (Transportation Nation)

Livability Case Studies (Transportation For America)

New rail standards foster safety, inter-operability, and American manufacturing jobs (USDOT blog)

NYC Sustainable Streets Index reports positive results of infrastructure improvements (Center for Transportation Research)

Tri-City Port District builds on-ramp to Marine Highway (USDOT blog)