March 23, 2001

The Chicago Area Transportation Study and Transportation Planning
UTC Tel: (312) 996-4820

Title:   The Chicago Area Transportation Study and Transportation Planning

Speaker:     Mr. Andrew Plummer
                   Andrew V. Plummer and Associates
                   Transportation Planning and Research
                   Chicago.

Date: 03/23/01
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: UTC Conference Room
          412, S. Peoria Street, Suite 340
         Chicago, Il-60607.
 

Outline:  The talk will be loosely based on the following outline.
 

Before CATS
Federal aid highway act of 1925
Inter connected system finished in early 1930s
Early 30's federal involvement in design of urban transit and roads
1934 federal money available for planning
National System of Interstate and Defense Highways authorized in 1944
1955-1970
First travel surveys
First policy Committee meetings
1956 Highway Act
Tri-party agreement
Four step transportation modeling process
Transit in original plan
Publication of Volumes was I,II and III
Obtaining approval of L-3 Plan from125 suburban communities
1962 Highway Act
Organization of the Council of Mayors
Expansion of the policy committee
The (3C) transportation planning process (coordinated/ cooperative/
continuous)
Making the study a permanent agency
Staffing levels
Early relationship with NIPC
Expansion of study area boundaries
1970-1990
1970 and 1973 Highway Act
Model Cities review and NIPC
Expansion of funding base
Data collection era
MPO designation
Additional expansion of policy committee
October 1975 Federal Planning Regulations
Implementation of FAU program
Federally funded local staffing
CATS and the transportation improvement program
RTA reform legislation
Long range plan development
1991-2001
1991 Clean Air Act amendment
1992 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
Revamping and enriching of the transportation modeling process
STP funding allocation
Enriched public participation
Changing role of participants
 

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P. S. Sriraj, Ph.D.                                     Tel: (312) 413 7568
Research Assistant Professor                     Fax: (312) 413 0006
Urban Transportation Center(MC357)       e-mail: sriraj@uic.edu
University of Illinois at Chicago                  
412, S. Peoria, Suite 340                           UTC Tel: (312) 996-4820
Chicago, IL - 60607                                 
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