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CUPPA Quick Look Weekly

PA Professor Rebecca Hendrick Discusses Her New Book MANAGING THE FISCAL METROPOLIS:
The Financial Policies, Practices, and Health of Suburban Municipalities

UPPSA hosts the 2nd Annual Urban Innovation Symposium at UIC and the Elastic Arts Foundation on Friday February 24th, 2012

UTC Major Partner in Three Federal University Transportation Center Awards

2012 Career Prep Event March 2

Melissa Harris-Perry to speak at UIC on February 27

MUPP Alum Nasutsa Mabwa Heads Redevelopment of Chicago's Former U.S. Steel Complex

UIC Funds New Research on Citizens' Role in Public Policy

GCI Faculty Scholar Competition

MUPP Alums Tranter and Haller Receive Awards on 10/14

CUPPA Student Achievements and Awards

CUED Searches for Executive Director

Joe DiJohn, UIC Transportation Researcher, Pace CEO, RTA Division Head 1943-2011

See CUPPA PhDs Around the World

Extreme Weather and Emergency Conditions

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2012

February 1
In an article describing a new state-sponsored venture capital fund, the Chicago Tribune quotes David Merriman on the relative advantages of private investors, noting that government still has work to do on public safety and education. http://trib.in/AEfva0

January 31
Mike Pagano, dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, is quoted in the Springfield (Ohio) News Sun on the costs and benefits of Ohio and Pennsylvania consolidating the collection of municipal income taxes, as all other states have done. http://bit.ly/xOhlV

January 27
Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center, is quoted in Medill Reports on the danger of participants in the monthly Critical Mass bike rides refusing to obey traffic laws. http://bit.ly/xL11Al

Schlickman also is quoted in a Medill Reports story on the CTA’s new text messaging system to track trains on a conventional cell phone, a counterpart to its Train Tracker app for smart phones.http://bit.ly/zsGXov

January 17

Crain’s Chicago Business quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on the need for university transportation centers to team up to obtain new research funding from the US Department of Transportation. http://bit.ly/zdUUf1

January 10

For a story on pawn shops on WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight,” WBEZ’s Natalie Moore interviewed Brenda Parker, assistant professor of urban planning, on the potential benefits of pawn shops to low-income neighborhood residents. http://bit.ly/y9M1T0

Crain’s Chicago Business quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on the need for Chicago to invest in the underused Port of Chicago. http://bit.ly/AdfFOT

January 5

In an article on ChicagoShovels.org, a city-operated website to help Chicagoans cope with winter weather, Chicago Now cites a study by Karen Mossberger, professor of public administration, that found 40 percent of Chicago residents have little or no Internet access, particularly Latinos, African Americans, and the elderly. http://bit.ly/zpUYHi

January 3

The Voice of America cited a study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs’ Center for Urban Economic Development that found that more than two-thirds of low-wage workers experienced at least one incidence of wage theft in a particular work week. http://bit.ly/rJaMjF

WBEZ quoted Rachel Weber, associate director of the Great Cities Institute, on state tax incentives to attract corporations and jobs from other states. Weber suggests eliminating such incentives to free up resources for programs such as workforce readiness and small-business incubation. http://bit.ly/sii94F

January 2

A year-in-review column in the Daily Herald honors the late Joe DiJohn, long-time director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiativein the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20120102/news/701029960/

2011

December 22

The Chicago Reporter extensively quotes Nik Theodore, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on the lack of job growth in poor city neighborhoods and the inability of inner-city youth to access the growing suburban job market. http://bit.ly/rZYN7b

PolitiFact.com, a national feature syndicated by the St. Petersburg Times, cites in an article on tax increases a study by David Merriman, professor of public administration, that found that Illinois’ increased cigarette tax drove consumers to buy their cigarettes in Indiana. http://bit.ly/sxJOLx

December 16

The New York Times, quotes Nik Theodore, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, on why neighborhood-based mom-and-pop businesses like car washes, diners, and corner grocery stores, may be more likely than large employers to flout minimum wage and other labor laws. http://nyti.ms/vKo2LK

December 14

The Chicago News Co-op, which serves the New York Times, quotes Nik Theodore, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, on why neighborhood-based mom-and-pop businesses like car washes, diners, and corner grocery stores, may be more likely than large employers to flout minimum wage and other labor laws. http://bit.ly/v3NQfP

December 9

The Chicago Tribune quotes David Merriman, professor of public administration, on cities using tax deals to lure businesses from neighboring cities. Merriman suggests that governments should focus on government services that benefit all businesses and citizens. http://trib.in/tgYQyZ

December 8

The Natalie P. Voorhees Center partners on the West Cook County Housing Collaborative project that won a multi-million dollar grant to strengthen neighborhoods in parts of Chicago, Oak Park, Bellwood, Berwyn, Forest Park and Maywood. CUPPA Alum and CMAP staff, Drew Clark, is also working on the project. Click links to see news coverage: ABC local news , CBS local news

December 5

The Chicago Tribune published a letter by Steve Schlickman, executive director of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs’ Urban Transportation Center, on the need for the Regional Transportation Authority to conduct a $500,000 rider survey to save greater costs in the long term. Schlickman is the former director of the RTA. http://trib.in/tzMavU

December 4

Robert Bruegmann, professor of art history, architecture and urban planning at UIC, is featured in the New York Times The Opinion Pages. His letter responds to an Op-Ed piece about Cities, Suburbs and Changing Attitudes. Link to the New York Times

November 28

In These Times and Progress Illinois reported on a study by the Center for Urban Economic Development that found widespread wage theft experience by car wash employees in Chicago. http://bit.ly/slAvId

The Florida Independent quotes Nik Theodore, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development, on the rising incidence of wage theft by employers of low-wage workers.http://bit.ly/vho2nc

The Chicago Reporter quotes Greg Schrock, affiliate of the Center for Urban Economic Development, on the market for new trainees in green jobs. http://bit.ly/uCxMqB

Medill Reports quotes Eric Gutstein, professor of curriculum and instruction, on the importance of neighborhood schools in the face of a Chicago Public Schools plan to close, merge or phase out 20 percent of its schools over the next two years. http://bit.ly/uMYQoR

November 18

Progress Illinois cites a study by the Center for Urban Economic Development in tbe College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs that found widespread wage theft in the Chicago area.
http://progressillinois.com/quick-hits/content/2011/11/16/wage-theft-rampant-chicagos-car-washes

November 17

In an article on union organizing among car wash workers, In These Times cites a 2010 study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs that found that more than 15 percent of tipped workers in Cook County earned less than the minimum wage for tipped workers, and regularly had tips stolen by their employers. http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/12306/victory_for_car_wash_workers_in_l.a._inspires_chicago_campaign/

November 10

UPA student, Elena Herrera, was featured in the Chicago Tribune for her work with Women Employed as an advocate for job training, equal pay, and access to advancement opportunities for women in the work force. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-holiday-giving-women-employed-20111106,0,926744.story

November 9

USA Today quotes Karen Mossberger, professor of public administration, in an article on a federal initiative to supply low-income households with broadband access and computers. Mossberger says cost, not lack of interest, is the primary reason why some households remain without Internet service. http://usat.ly/sopPCu

November 7

In an article on speed cameras proposed near Chicago schools and parks, the Chicago Tribune quotes P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation Center’s Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative. Sriraj suggests that technology, infrastructure, teen driving laws and gas prices may have reduced accidents more effectively than speed cameras.http://trib.in/rDh4LI

November 3

The Christian Science Monitor quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs’ Urban Transportation Center, on the practicality of high-speed rail in the Midwest despite the cost overruns of California’s rail project. http://bit.ly/vIz07d

Medill Reports quotes Schlickman on the need for transit agencies to curtail free-ride programs to continue operating transit systems that face deficits.http://bit.ly/vIz07d

November 2

PhD student in the department of public administration, Jen Benoit-Bryan, has received press coverage about her research report, "The Runaway Youth Longitudinal Study", which is an analysis of the effects of runaway behavior in adolescence on outcomes of health, economics, and juvenile justice in young adulthood. The National Runaway Switchboard has released press releases about the report including the Wall Street Journal's MarketWatch. Here's the link to that article where Jennifer is quoted http://www.marketwatch.com/story/study-reveals-negative-long-term-socio-economic-effects-for-adolescents-who-run-away-2011-09-22

October 31

In These Times quotes David Merriman, professor of public administration and economics, on the likelihood that Wal-Mart will face logistical and economic challenges as it opens smaller stores in dense city neighborhoods.http://bit.ly/suHAwU

October 27

UIC urban planning student Andrea Watson appeared in a Today show piece on young voters’ concerns, including student loans, during the presidential campaign. http://on.today.com/uUVaZD

October 19

Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center, is quoted in Medill Reports on the downside of cell phone apps that locate street parking spaces. Schlickman says the apps increase congestion by encouraging users to drive rather than walk or use public transportation. http://bit.ly/pt2pKv

October 17

The Erie (Pa.) Times-News quotes David Merriman, professor of public administration, on the pros and cons of tax increment financing as an incentive to employers to develop properties and create jobs. http://bit.ly/nquijQ

WBEZ’s “Dynamic Range” re-introduces a 2010 talk by Robert Bruegmann, professor of art history, on the pros and cons of the State Street pedestrian mall, which opened in 1979 and was returned to car traffic in 1996. http://bit.ly/oYPLXi

The New York Times quotes David Merriman, professor of public administration, on the limited effectiveness of tax increment financing in low-income districts like Chicago’s W. Madison St. retail area, where development doesn’t have the momentum to raise property values and tax
revenues quickly enough. http://nyti.ms/pu6p6P

The Northwest Indiana Times quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center, on the Chicago Transit Authority’s preparation for the severe winter predicted for Chicago. http://bit.ly/qA7DvP

The Chicago News Co-op quotes Rachel Weber, associate director of the Great Cities Institute, on the outlook for the success of tax increment financing in the West Madison Street retail district; and both Weber and David Merriman, professor of public administration, on the use of TIF in low-income areas that are slow to develop.

The New York Times ran an abbreviated version of the same article. http://bit.ly/pBiM0Y

October 14

The Chicago Tribune quotes Robert Bruegmann, professor of art history, on the architectural significance of Lake Point Tower and its green-roof park, which will be open to the public this weekend during Open House Chicago. http://trib.in/mSP7qY

MuniNet Guide, a website on municipal research, quotes Michael Pagano, dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on cities’ need to rethink their services and revenue sources as the recession becomes “the new normal.” http://bit.ly/n1TYBn

October 13

Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, is quoted in a Medill Reports article on the CTA’s preparations for a winter predicted to be at least as severe as last year’s. http://bit.ly/oTgBlu

October 10

Ning Ai, assistant professor of urban planning and policy, compares private waste management favorably to municipal agencies for some purposes. http://bit.ly/oMawoG

The Christian Science Monitor quotes Paul Metaxatos, associate director for research programs in the Urban Transportation Center, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on safety regulations affecting the transport of hazardous materials. The article referred to last week’s train derailment and ethanol explosion in Tiskilwa, Ill. http://bit.ly/oc1V5E

October 11

The Erie (Pa.) Times-News quotes David Merriman, professor of public
administration, on the pros and cons of tax increment financing as an
incentive to employers to develop properties and create jobs.
http://bit.ly/nquijQ

WBEZ’s “Dynamic Range” re-introduces a 2010 talk by Robert Bruegmann,
professor of art history, on the pros and cons of the State Street
pedestrian mall, which opened in 1979 and was returned to car traffic in
1996. http://bit.ly/oYPLXi

The New York Times quotes David Merriman, professor of public
administration, on the limited effectiveness of tax increment financing in
low-income districts like Chicago’s W. Madison St. retail area, where
development doesn’t have the momentum to raise property values and tax
revenues quickly enough. http://nyti.ms/pu6p6P

The Northwest Indiana Times quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of
the Urban Transportation Center, on the Chicago Transit Authority’s
preparation for the severe winter predicted for Chicago.
http://bit.ly/qA7DvP

The Chicago News Co-op quotes Rachel Weber, associate director of the Great
Cities Institute, on the outlook for the success of tax increment financing
in the West Madison Street retail district; and both Weber and David
Merriman, professor of public administration, on the use of TIF in
low-income areas that are slow to develop.

The New York Times ran an abbreviated version of the same article.
http://bit.ly/pBiM0Y

September 26

The Village of Niles newspaper quotes MUPP Clayton Jirak on the Niles
Comprehensive Plan.
http://niles.patch.com/articles/as-comprehensive-plan-nears-finish-public-hearing-set

September 23

The Chicago Tribune quoted Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center, on repeated threats to federal funding for public transportation despite its benefits to both riders and drivers. http://trib.in/pBg3lS

September 22

David Merriman, professor of public administration, is quoted in a second Governing magazine article on the potential elimination of the mortgage interest deduction and its effects on homeowners, the housing market and the construction industry around the country. http://bit.ly/qalFIg

WGN Radio quotes Steve Schlickman, director of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on protests against federal cuts in transportation spending and the need for public transportation by both its users and by drivers who benefits from less crowded roads. http://bit.ly/pk2Uy8

September 9

The Chicago Tribune ran a feature story obituary on Allan Lerner, who died September 4 after a long illness. He retired last spring as executive director of the Office of International Affairs. Lerner was also a professor of public administration and political science and was to be named professor emeritus at the next meeting of the Board of Trustees. http://trib.in/p4zsLC

September 6

The Xinhua News Agency, the largest news agency in the People’s Republic of China, quotes Ning Ai, assistant professor of urban planning and policy, on the extent of the economic damage caused by Hurricane Irene. http://bit.ly/qsnpAL

David Merriman, professor of public administration, appeared on CNN between 4 and 5 p.m. during “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer” in an interview on Illinois’s budget crisis, following up on Gov. Pat Quinn’s statement that job cuts are necessary to balance the budget.

September 1

In a story on the end of RTA’s program of free rides for all seniors, the Chicago Sun-Times cites a study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs’ Urban Transportation Center that estimated that the program cost $37.7 million to $116.2 million in lost revenue in 2009. http://bit.ly/qYHVsX

In reporting that the Cook County Forest Preserve District may offer active recreation and concerts in the forest preserves, the Chicago Tribune cites an exhibition at the Daley Library indicating that the debate between recreation and preservation started with the district’s founding. http://trib.in/plMJjE

A Southtown Star editorial on the RTA’s free rides program notes that a study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs’ Urban Transportation Center study found that 31 percent of seniors riding free made more than $55,000 a year.
http://bit.ly/oAxnYJ

In a story on the stalled Roosevelt Square mixed-income housing development, the Chicago Journal quotes Janet Smith, co-director of CUPPA’s Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, on the development team’s responsibility to former residents of the CHA’s ABLA Homes on that site. http://bit.ly/qUnw4a

August 31

A Bloomberg News story on the Obama administration’s crackdown on wage theft cites a study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs’ Center for Urban Economic Development that found that 26 percent of workers in low-wage industries earned less than the minimum wage. http://bloom.bg/pViQKX

August 29

Charles Hoch, professor of urban planning and policy, was interviewed for a Chicago Public Radio piece on the Viceroy Hotel, a single-room-occupancy hotel in the West Loop that a local housing group plans to convert to affordable apartments with social services on site. http://bit.ly/qG8ILC

August 25

The Chicago News Co-op/New York Times cites a 2006 day-labor study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs’ Center for Urban Economic Development that found two thirds of day laborers in the Midwest had experienced wage theft, violence and substandard working conditions. http://bit.ly/pldBoA

August 24

The Chicago Tribune quotes Josh Drucker, assistant professor of urban planning and policy, on the political expediency behind competing announcements of job creation in Illinois and Indiana, as opposed to a national, long-term approach to job growth. http://trib.in/p5nhr7

August 16

In an Austin Talks article funded by the Chicago Community Trust’s Local Reporting Initiative, Rachel Weber, associate director of the Great Cities Institute, comments on the use of tax increment financing at Loretto Hospital in Austin. The hospital has not produced the jobs promised when it received the TIF funds. http://bit.ly/n5g5qD

August 15

Siim Soot, professor emeritus in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs’ Urban Transportation Center, is quoted in The Architect’s Newspaper on the Chicago Pedestrian Plan being developed by the city to make walking safer. http://bit.ly/ngMs2d

August 8

The New York Times/Chicago News Cooperative quotes Rachel Weber, associate director of the Great Cities Institute and associate professor of urban planning, on an analysis showing that tax increment financing benefitted public and private development almost evenly. http://nyti.ms/q7824h

August 3

The San Francisco Chronicle requested an op-ed by Michael Pagano, dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and interim dean of the College of Business Administration, on the reasons why services and online purchases should be subject to sales tax in California and other states. http://bit.ly/qEiUQG

August 2

In an article on wage theft, In These Times magazine quotes a Chicago Public Radio interview with Nik Theodore, director of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs’ Center for Urban Economic Development, in which he stated that wage theft affects not only immigrant workers, but all demographic groups. http://bit.ly/opdHRa

July 28

NBC 5's "Ward Room" reports on Gov. Quinn's plan to raise cigarette taxes and cites a 2009 study by David Merriman, professor of public administration, that found that rising taxes drive smokers to buy their cigarettes in neighboring states. http://bit.ly/qOs6Yz

July 25

First Business, a nationally syndicated news program originating at WCIU TV, interviewed Charles Williams, a researcher in the Great Cities Institute and visiting community engagement coordinator in the College of Nursing, on food deserts and the means to eliminate them. http://bit.ly/oMlWuY

July 21

Crain’s Chicago Business quotes Kate Pravera, instructor in the Great Cities Institute’s certificate program in nonprofit management, on the reasons why nonprofit fundraising appeals increasing warn of the negative consequences of lack of funding. http://bit.ly/p83K2P

David Merriman, professor of public administration, is quoted in the Austin Weekly News on the lack of projects funded by tax increment financing in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. http://bit.ly/nsljcQ

July 12

The Chronicle of Higher Education published a letter by Tim Johnson, director of the Survey Research Lab in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on the closing or evolution of academic survey research centers. http://chronicle.com/article/Academic-Survey-Centers-Face/128176/

July 11

The Chicago Sun-Times reports on a survey led by Karen Mossberger, professor of public administration, that follows up on her 2008 study that found 25 percent of Chicagoans don’t use the Internet, and another 15 percent don’t have access. http://bit.ly/pWNvO1

July 8

WBEZ reports on a new survey led by Karen Mossberger, professor of public administration, that follows up on her 2008 study indicating that 25 percent of Chicagoan did not use the Internet, and an additional 15 percent did not have access. http://bit.ly/p4tczj

June 29

The Huffington Post, in an article on Wal-Mart’s expansion in Chicago, cites a study by David Merriman, professor of public administration, that found no increase in jobs or sales resulting from Wal-Mart’s store in the Austin neighborhood. http://huff.to/kH1AKE

In reporting on day labor in North Carolina, the Chapel Hill News cites a national study of day labor by the Center for Urban Economic Development in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. http://bit.ly/kK8edt

June 27

Karen Mossberger was interviewed for a Medill Reports story on the growing number of people in Chicago’s low-income areas who use library resources to become computer-literate and to conduct job searches. http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=187432 or http://bit.ly/kmDsVX

Janet Smith, associate professor of urban planning and co-director of the Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, appeared in a WGN 9 story on the relocation of former Chicago Housing Authority residents. Smith's research found that early relocations were concentrated in low-income areas on the west and south sides. http://www.wgntv.com/wgntv-cover-story-cha-housing-june27,0,3831176.story or http://bit.ly/kef4Gu

June 24

The Chicago Tribune quotes Charles Williams, director of public health partnerships for the Neighborhoods Initiative in the Great Cities Institute, on the education needed to improve dietary habits in the city's food
deserts. http://trib.in/l3nYQy

June 21

A Huffington Post column on the possibility of more Wal-Mart stores in Chicago cites a study by David Merriman, professor of public administration, that found that the Wal-Mart store on the West Side did not increase jobs in the area. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/al-norman/rahm-emanuels-40-days-in-_b_879933.h
tml or http://huff.to/l7mK81

June 13

A Daily Herald article on the elimination of the Seniors Ride Free transit program cites a 2010 study by the Urban Transportation Center that estimated the program could have cost Chicago-area transit agencies $147.6 million by 2030. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110610/news/706109899/#ixzz1PBu7f6db or http://bit.ly/m9UgH7

June 8

Chicago Now and the Chicago Reporter quote Phil Ashton, assistant professor of urban planning and policy, on the Daley administration's Homeowner Preservation Initiative, an effort to stave off the subprime lending and foreclosure crisis. http://bit.ly/lMRXD4

In a story on wage theft from temporary workers at a Kraft warehouse in Joliet, Crain's Chicago Business cites a 2010 study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs' Center for Urban Economic Development that found that Cook County low-wage workers lose $359 million a year to wage theft. http://bit.ly/ivBmdb

June 3

The Chicago Tribune reports on Illinois' upcoming study of high-speed rail, to be led by Christopher P.L. Barkan, director of UIUC's railroad engineering program, and Steve Schlickman, director of UIC's Urban Transportation Center. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chibrknews-illinois-to-study-220-mph-bullet-trains-20110602,0,2330947.story or http://trib.in/ksDkXh

Crain's Chicago Business quotes Phil Ashton, assistant professor of urban planning and policy, on the continuing slide in Chicago real estate prices except for upticks in Uptown and Andersonville. http://bit.ly/lQOh5e

June 2

In an article on free transit for seniors, which is scheduled to end Sept. 1, the Chicago Tribune cites a study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs’ Urban Transportation Center that estimated the annual cost of the program at $38 million to $116 million. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-transit-senior-rides-0602-20110601,0,3268675.story or http://trib.in/kuqMxJ

Railway Age reports on Illinois’ upcoming study of high-speed rail, to be led by Christopher P.L. Barkan, director of UIUC’s railroad engineering program, and Steve Schlickman, director of UIC’s Urban Transportation Center. http://www.railwayage.com/breaking-news/u.-of-illinois-state-dot-to-study-220-mph-hsr-3192.html

June 1

David Merriman, professor of public administration, is quoted in a Christian Science Monitor story on some reasons why legislators turn to casinos as a quick fix to boost government budgets. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2011/0531/Illinois-new-solution-to-huge-budget-crisis-gambling or http://bit.ly/jU9kIh

May 24

National Public Radio quoted Phil Ashton, assistant professor of urban planning and policy, on the changes that Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios brought to the West Loop.
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/24/136602990/the-oprah-show-gave-chicago or http://n.pr/mlymOZ

The Chicago Tribune quotes Steve Schlickman, director of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs' Urban Transportation Center, on Metra's progress toward improving operations since the suicide of its director Phil Pagano one year ago.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-metra-year-later-20110523,0,
6214512.story or http://n.pr/mlymOZ

May 19

Crain's Chicago Business quotes David Merriman, professor of public administration, on whether rising property values in tax increment financing districts result from TIF or from development that would have taken place without TIF.
http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/article/20110519/CRED03/110519831/prop
erty-values-rise-faster-in-tifs-study or http://bit.ly/kw2khx

May 17

A Huffington Post profile of a legal clinic head refers to a 2001 study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs' Center for Urban Economic Development that found that 34 percent of Chicago Latinas have experienced domestic violence.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/17/huffpost-greatest-person-_n_863072.
html or http://huff.to/ljJN7j

May 16

The Chicago Tribune published a letter by Steve Schlickman, director of the
Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public
Affairs, on Mayor Daley's national influence, particularly in his advocating
the passenger facility charge to maintain airports around the country.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-vp-0515voicelettersbriefs-2011
0515,0,1735082.story?page=3 or http://bit.ly/lqxWKE

May 12

The Chicago Tribune quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban
Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs,
on the Chicago Transit Authority's need to repair and expand infrastructure
without raising fares and cutting service as Forrest Claypool takes over as
head of the CTA.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-rahm-transit-challenge-0512-
20110511,0,3514710.story or http://bit.ly/lvqFJO

May 9

Chicago Public Radio interviewed Rachel Weber, associate director of the
Great Cities Institute and associate professor of urban planning and policy,
on the 15-year-old United Center's impact on the Near West Side.
The audio can be heard at:
http://www.wbez.org/episode-segments/2011-05-09/examining-how-united-center-
has-impacted-chicagos-near-west-side-86242 or http://bit.ly/koM3UE

John Betancur, associate professor of urban planning and policy, is quoted
in the Northwest Indiana Times on the lack of activities planned for
Englewood and other South Side areas during Rahm Emanuel's Day of Service.
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_3ae2a5a2-8055-5
01d-9e5f-d3491f62498c.html or http://bit.ly/j9zswX

May 8

The Washington Post ran a Sunday op-ed by David Merriman, professor of
public administration, and Joe Persky, professor of economics, on their
study of the first urban Wal-Mart and its economic effects on Chicago's
Austin neighborhood.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-chicago-precedent-one-wal-marts/2
011/05/04/AF0oGACG_story.html or http://wapo.st/mKJgjg

May 5

Fortune/CNN Money quotes Nik Theodore, associate professor of urban planning
and development, on the disadvantages of the growing prevalence of temporary
jobs.
http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2011/05/05/the-rise-of-the-permanently-temporary-worker/ or http://bit.ly/mx5RsC

April 29

The Daily Herald reports that the Illinois Toll Highway Authority may hire the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs' Survey Research Lab to study the authority's method of issuing and enforcing violation notices.

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110428/news/704289763/

or http://bit.ly/ih5p32

Phil Ashton, assistant professor of urban planning and policy, is quoted by Crain's Chicago Business on the slow increase in homeownership rates during a slow recovery in housing prices.

http://www.chicagorealestatedaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110428/CR

ED0701/110429859 or http://bit.ly/jxhL19

April 28

Rachel Weber, associate professor of urban planning and development, was quoted in the Chicago Tribune's TribLocal on big-box retail strips and their effect on traditional downtown areas in Glenview and Northbrook.http://triblocal.com/glenview/2011/04/28/glenview-and-northbrook-struggle-to-define-their-downtowns/ or http://bit.ly/kcLC95

April 26

Chicago Public Radio quoted Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center, on the future of Chicago Transit Authority revenues under Forrest Claypool, recently named to head the CTA.

http://www.wbez.org/story/future-cta-according-mayor-elect-emanuel-85405

or http://bit.ly/g1SXCg

Janet Smith, associate professor of urban planning and director of the Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, was interviewed for a Chicago Public Radio story on the relocation of former Chicago Housing Authority tenants, noting that most have stayed in Chicago.

http://www.wbez.org/story/report-tracks-housing-voucher-mobility-illinois-85515 or http://bit.ly/eSEJ0O

April 25

Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was interviewed by the Daily Herald for his recommendations on operations and revenue for suburban transit. Schlickman is the former executive director of the Regional Transportation Authority.

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110424/news/704249875/ or http://bit.ly/fxaeIM

Schlickman and P.S. Sriraj, research assistant professor in the Urban Transportation Center, were interviewed by the Chicago Journal on the pros and cons of a dedicated lane for bus rapid transit along a north-south route between Ashland and Western avenues.

http://bit.ly/hE9YRC

April 20

In a report on Rahm Emanuel's choice of Forrest Claypool to head the CTA, Chicago Public Radio quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs' Urban Transportation Center, on the future of the CTA as the recession eases.

http://www.wbez.org/story/future-cta-according-mayor-elect-emanuel-85405 or http://bit.ly/g1SXCg

April 14

A Medill Reports article on opposition to an affordable housing plan in Winnetka refers to a study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs' Voorhees Center that found that housing in the suburb has become more expensive and less varied.http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=184808

March 18

The Christian Science Monitor quotes Steven Schlickman, executive director of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs' Urban Transportation Center, in a story on a discrimination suit against the Los Angeles transit system for cutting bus routes. Schlickman, former director of the Regional Transportation Authority, referred to a civil-rights suit decided in favorof the RTA in 2009.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0317/Feds-to-investigate-civil-rights-claims-against-L.A.-bus-authority or http://bit.ly/eG9Nzn

March 14

Rachel Weber, associate director of the Great Cities Institute and associate professor of urban planning and policy, is quoted in an Indianapolis Star article on gentrified and changing neighborhoods in Chicago and Columbus, Ohio. http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011103130397 or http://bit.ly/gMLNGb

March 9

Rebecca Hendrick, associate professor of public administration, was interviewed by Chicago Public Radio on a proposal by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle to cut costs by annexing some of the county'sunincorporated land.

http://www.wbez.org/episode-segments/2011-03-01/annexation-may-relieve-county-budget-woes-83167#

Investors' Business Daily quotes Michael Pagano, dean of the College ofUrban Planning and Public Affairs, on efforts by cities and counties toaddress falling property tax revenue.

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/565149/201103071754/Property-Tax-Revenues-Falling.htm

David Merriman, professor of public administration, spoke on BruceDuMont's "Beyond the Beltway" on Illinois' fiscal crisis and labor issues.The show can be viewed at (click on March 6):

http://www.beyondthebeltway.com/

March 1

David Merriman, professor of public administration, is quoted on thepotential disadvantages of financing residential development becauseservice costs can outweigh property tax revenue.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27cnctif.html

February 18

A Governing magazine editorial supporting regional taxation is based on comments by Michael Pagano, dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and interim dean of the College of Business Administration.

http://www.governing.com/topics/economic-dev/Making-Case-Regional-Taxes.html

In a Daily Herald article on the proliferation of vacant foreclosed homes in the suburbs, Phil Ashton, assistant professor of urban planning and policy, is quoted on the probability of the foreclosure crisis ending in the next three to five years.

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110218/news/702189947/

February 17

Progress Illinois reports on a study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs' Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement that found that immigrants increasing move to the northern suburbs rather than Chicago, but may not be adequately housed.

http://progressillinois.com/quick-hits/content/2011/02/15/study-immigrants-head-suburbs

or http://bit.ly/hMcAZp

February 16

Michael Pagano, dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and interim dean of the College of Business Administration, was interviewed on ABC 7 on the value of maintaining Chicago's head tax for employers of 50 or more.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=7960913

Joshua Drucker, assistant professor of urban planning and policy, was quoted in USA Today on population changes in the Chicago area that were reported in U.S. Census data released yesterday.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2011-02-15-illinois-census_N.htm

February 15

Michael Pagano, dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and interim dean of the College of Business Administration, was interviewed on Chicago's finances for NBC 5's "Ward Room" series on the 10pm news.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/City-on-a-Precipice-116198529.html

or http://bit.ly/ikBFEo

ABC 7 interviewed Michael Pagano, dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on Chicago mayoral candidates' plans to address the $654 million budget deficit.

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/politics&id=7958627&pt=print

or http://bit.ly/hWOxBR

Chicago Public Radio reported on a study by Janet Smith, co-director of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs' Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, that showed a growing number of immigrants are moving directly to the northern suburbs from their homelands, bypassing Chicago.

http://www.wbez.org/story/chicago/immigrants-bypass-city-suburbs

In a story on legislation limiting free rides for seniors on Chicago-area transit systems, the Chicago Tribune cites a study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs' Urban Transportation Center that found that the free rides program cost the transit agencies $38 million to $116 million a year.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-seniors-free-rides-0215-20110214,0,1780859.story

or http://bit.ly/eurZBZ

February 14

WGN Radio and the Chicago Tribune report that Steve Schlickman, executive director of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs' Urban Transportation Center, was named to the board of the Active Transportation Alliance, formerly the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation.

http://www.wgnradio.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-getting-around-sidebar-0214-20110213,0,5426569.column

or http://bit.ly/hgqnlO

A Bloomberg News story that quoted Janet Smith, associate professor of urban planning, on a federal subsidy program meant for low-income neighborhoods that has been misused by developers has run in the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, Miami Business Review, and Univision.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2014179046_richsubsidy13.html

or http://bit.ly/gGiPm3

NBC 5's 10 p.m. newscast tonight will feature Carol Marin's interview of Michael Pagano, dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and interim dean of the College of Business Administration, on the future of Chicago's finances.

February 11

Rachel Weber, associate professor of urban planning and policy, is quoted in a Medill Reports story on Sweet Home Chicago, a plan to build affordable housing with funds accumulated through tax increment financing.

http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=178070

February 09

UIC News article Shades of Green: a passion for public transit describes how Steve Schlickman came into his new role at the Executive Director of the Urban Transportation Center.

http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/uicnews/articledetail.cgi?id=15025

BBC News quotes testimony by David Merriman, professor of public administration, in an article on the New York City Council's hearings onWal-Mart's planned expansion into the city.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12351860

February 08

Bloomberg News quotes Janet Smith, co-director of College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs' Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, on developers' misuse of tax credits in census tracts that appear to be high-poverty. Many such tracts, including one in downtown Chicago, have experienced gentrification after the most relevant census has been taken, and have a preponderance of single-person and student households rather than family households, Smith says.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-02-08/rich-taking-from-poor-as-10-billion-u-s-subsidy-law-funds-luxury-hotels.html

or http://bloom.bg/gl4I9T

February 7

Nik Theodore, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was interviewed by Chicago Public Radio on the economic health of Chicago's black community since the 1990s and the financial institutions that have served them.

http://www.wbez.org/episode-segments/2011-02-07/economic-health-chicagos-black-community-81899

February 4

New York Magazine, in a story on city council hearings on Wal-Mart's proposed expansion into New York, cites testimony by David Merriman, professor of public administration, that Chicago's Wal-Mart store had no appreciable effect on employment or sales.

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/02/a_day_of_wal-mart_bashing_with.html?f=most-commented-24h-5

or http://bit.ly/eohr4X

Merriman's testimony was cited also in the Wall Street Journal:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703652104576122541179127686.html?KEYWORDS=wal-mart

or http://on.wsj.com/fIii42

and The New York Post:

http://www.uic.edu/depts/paff/clips/02-04-2011.pdf

February 3

The Pioneer newspapers (Sun-Times Media) covered a report by of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs for the Interfaith Housing Center that advised the northern suburbs to make housing more accessible to immigrants. Janet Smith, co-director of the college’s Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, directed the study and report.

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/niles/news/3048488,northbrook-immigrants-020311-s1.article

January 31

A CBS report on a protest against Wal-Mart’s proposed expansion in Chicago cites a study by David Merriman, professor of public administration, that found the West Side Wal-Mart store did not increase jobs or sales in its area.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/01/28/activists-squaring-off-against-wal-mart/

or http://bit.ly/hIauhd

January 14

Crain's Chicago Business cites a study by the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs' Center for Urban Economic Development in an article on wagetheft in Chicago by a Texas-based company.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110113/NEWS02/110119923/total-enterprise-workers-win-1-4m-back-wages-ruling-from-government#axzz1B1tsIIPw

or http://bit.ly/eUujNe

The Chicago Tribune ran an Associated Press story in which David Merriman, professor of public administration, is quoted on the relative effectiveness of Illinois' spending caps. The article also ran in the Peoria Journal-Star.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-illinoistaxes-lim,0,7784096.story

or http://bit.ly/gIfTkb

January 13

David Merriman, professor of public administration, was interviewed on First Business, a nationally syndicated business news program, on Illinois' income tax increase. First Business airs locally at 5 a.m. on WCIU-TV 26.

The interview begins at 2:27 on the video at:

http://www.firstbusinessnews.com/videos.php?video=48c70c0e4b4943fb8b35d6c8793873a3 or http://bit.ly/epu3Wr

The Christian Science Monitor interviewed David Merriman, professor of public administration, on his recent report indicating that an income tax hike alone won't solve Illinois' fiscal problems.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0113/Illinois-tax-hike-Will-businesses-flee-to-Wisconsin or http://bit.ly/hrNR6o

Bloomberg News ran an Associated Press article in which Merriman is quoted on Illinois' spending limits.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-13/quinn-signs-tax-democrats-point-to-spending-caps.html or http://bit.ly/fCY6tZ

January 11

David Merriman, professor of public administration, was interviewed by Chicago Public Radio on Illinois' income tax increase and other measures necessary to address the state's budget crisis.
http://www.wbez.org/story/news/politics/budget-expert-says-tax-hike-package-wont-solve-budget-woes or http://bit.ly/hqR2Ot

The Chicagoist quotes public administration professor David Merriman on the Wal-Mart urban economic impact study he co-authored. http://chicagoist.com/2010/01/11/new_study_suggests_wal-marts_econom.php

January 04

The Chicago Reporter quotes Rachel Weber, associate director of the Great Cities Institute and associate professor of urban planning and policy, on the tendency of Chicago aldermen to value construction over job creation in projects subsidized by municipal incentives.

http://www.chicagoreporter.com/index.php/c/Cover_Stories/d/Loopholes

January 04

David Merriman, professor of public administration and researcher in the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, was quoted on American Public Radio’s “Marketplace” on Illinois’ pension crisis. To hear the story, scroll to 21:00 at:

http://bit.ly/gzwmpI