Illinois Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn gives an update on high-speed rail project improvements in Illinois in this edition of Inside IDOT.
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Inside Illinois DOT: High-Speed Rail
Wednesday, January 4th, 2017Transit Trends Episode 9: Shared Mobility and the Environment
Monday, January 2nd, 2017
Transportation is now the number one contributor to climate emissions. So while we were in Chicago for the Shared Mobility Summit that the Shared-Use Mobility Center puts on every year, we met up with Kristen Pawling to discuss how shared mobility and technology plays a role in improving our emissions. Kristen is the Los Angeles Urban Solutions Coordinator for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
View this complete post...The Lessons of Long-Term Privatization: Why Chicago Got it Wrong and Indiana Got it Right
Friday, July 29th, 2016
Today, cash-strapped U.S. cities and states are selling or leasing government assets, particularly transportation infrastructure. The sale or lease of such assets can be beneficial to the public; but the long-term nature of these deals makes them potentially far more risky than contracts to run bus service or repair city-owned vehicles.
View this complete post...Connecting Cook County, IL: 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan
Thursday, July 28th, 2016
Cook County’s transportation system is one of its greatest assets, having a central—even dominant—role in the national and international movement of people and goods. As this plan Connecting Cook County will outline, this competitive advantage is being threatened by the actions other regions are taking, as well as the Chicago region’s own limits in confronting significant challenges.
View this complete post...Aurora, IL: Indian Prairie Schools Invest in the Future through Infrastructure
Friday, April 8th, 2016
Indian Prairie Schools outline partnerships as strong possibilities for saving money and creating strong infrastructure. Step by step suggestions.
View this complete post...Stalled Out: How Empty Parking Spaces Diminish Neighborhood Affordability
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY
Late at night, when Chicago sleeps, apartment parking lots are at their peak usage. When CNT visited those lots and garages at 4:00 a.m., though, we found one third of the parking spaces sitting empty…This may not seem like a huge problem, but each indoor, underground parking space – one individual space – costs $37,300 to build. Multiply that by all of the spaces in the lot, and the price tag is huge. We think that wasted money and space should be allocated to housing instead.
Illinois DOT: Explaining the I-55 Managed Lane Project
Tuesday, February 16th, 2016
Illinois Transportation Secretary Randy Blankenhorn talks about the benefits of this project and why it is needed.
View this complete post...An Evaluation Study of Plants for Use on Green Roofs
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN
The environmental benefits include conserving water, reducing interior noise pollution, mitigating stormwater runoff, reducing the urban heat-island effect, improving urban air quality through carbon dioxide-oxygen exchange, and creating habitats for a diversity of birds, insects, and animals. Along with extending the life of the roof by two to three times over a conventional roof, economic benefits include reducing energy costs—both heating and cooling—increasing property values, and meeting requirements for stormwater management.
Chicago, IL: Cycling the New Bloomingdale Trail
Thursday, June 18th, 2015
Take a ride on the Bloomingdale Trail from the western trailhead at Ridgeway Avenue in Humboldt Park to the eastern trailhead at Walsh Park in Bucktown.
View this complete post...Transit-Oriented Development in Lakeview, Illinois
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015
LAKEVIEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Lakeview is historically a dense community that developed around its CTA stations, and demographic trends since 2000 continue to reinforce the central role of transit in the neighborhood. CTA stations serve as hubs for the community, providing significant foot traffic from visitors and local commuters to fuel the neighborhood’s business corridors. Lakeview has the highest rate of transit commuting of any neighborhood in the city. Transit is critical to the neighborhood’s economic success and quality of life.
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