Real Estate Developers Look for Transit Input

Globe St., a real estate website, interviewed Steve Schlickman, executive director of UTC, about a recent study that evaluated value capture as a means to finance transit improvements in several American cities.

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An argument for inflating Illinois’ flat income tax

In a column advocating a higher state income tax, Chicago Tribune columnist Melissa Harris cites a study by CUPPA's Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement that included a "gentrification index" showing that more Chicago neighborhoods are declining than are gentrifying.

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Transit could lose millions under Rauner budget

A Daily Herald story on Gov. Rauner's cuts in transit funding quotes Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs.

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Voorhees & UTC release Planning Transportation for an Aging Illinois

By 2030, one in five Illinois residents will be age 65 or older. This growing older adult population will require significant transportation, health care, and housing resources. To assess these needs, the Voorhees Center in conjunction with the Urban Transportation Center at UIC authored a report.

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Illinois needs long-range transportation plan

The Daily Herald Business Ledger ran an op ed by Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center, on the need for a long-range plan the cost of repairing the Chicago region's highway and transit systems.

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Illiana, Peotone: questions, criticism continue

Steve Schlickman, executive director of the Urban Transportation Center, is quoted in a Better Government Association article on Bruce Rauner's authority to stop the Illiana highway and Peotone airport projects regardless of public pressure.

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