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The Future of RTA and Regional Transportation Planning in the Chicago Metro
December 3, 2013 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm CST
Free with RSVP
GCI Real Time Chicago Lecture Series
“The Future of RTA and Regional Transportation Planning in the Chicago Metro”
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Type: Panel Discussion
Date: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: UIC Student Center East, Room 302 | 750 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60607
Serving the six-county region of approximately 8.3 million people, the Chicago regional transportation network is the third largest system in the nation. Amid recent developments, the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), the system’s governing and oversight body, is under increasing scrutiny and analysis. Questions about how the RTA will change or what (if anything) will replace the current model are commonplace in the media, electoral campaigns, and policy circles.
Managing and planning for a multi-modal transit network for a growing and complex region is no easy task.
GCI’s expert panelists discussed options for the future of regional transportation governance in the Chicago metropolitan area.
Panelists:
Frank Beal, Executive Director, Metropolis Strategies
Randy Blankenhorn, Executive Director, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
Jacky Grimshaw, Vice President of Policy, Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT)
Steve Schlickman, Executive Director, UIC Urban Transportation Center (UTC)
Peter Skosey, Executive Vice President, Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC)
Moderator:
Teresa Córdova, Director, UIC Great Cities Institute
To request disability accommodations, please contact Christiana Kinder, Great Cities Institute, (312) 996-8700, christia@uic.edu.
