Overview of CMAP

Randy BlankenhornExecutive Director

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About CMAP

• Established in 2005 by the State of Illinois with support from the region’s mayors.

• Central purpose is to better integrate planning for land use and transportation.

• The Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC) and Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS) have been consolidated within CMAP.

• New, streamlined regional agency serves seven counties that make up the third largest U.S. metropolitan region

– Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry and Will counties

– 279 municipalities– Numerous school, park, and sanitary

districts, along with other agencies

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CMAP Strategic Report

• Submitted on September 1, 2006, to Governor Blagojevich and the General Assembly

• Articulates the CMAP Board’s vision for the new agency

• Provides a strategy for governance

• Calls for an adequate, stable source of funding

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Population & Employment

The region is at a crossroads, with 2 million additional residents and 1.2 million more jobs projected by 2030. Working together as a region, we can shape these trends instead of passively letting them shape our communities.

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Traffic & Congestion

The region’s residents spend 253 million hours and 151 million gallons of fuel sitting in traffic jams, at a cost to the region of $4 billion annually.

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Land Use & Natural Resources

Natural resources are abundant but under increasing pressure in the region. If decentralized, low-density development trends continue, by 2030 an additional 337,000 acres will be developed — an area the size of Kane County.

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A Capital Plan for Illinois

• Transportation is the economy’s backbone, but resources lag behind expenses: Of $60 billion expected for transportation in the region through 2030, more than 75 percent of the funds are needed just to maintain the current system.

• Transportation influences whether companies and individuals perceive northeastern Illinois as a desirable place to work and live.

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Housing

• The lack of affordable housing near major employment centers contributes to traffic congestion, among other negative effects.

• Housing costs for owner-occupied units increased 35 percent in the Chicago area from 2000 to 2004, yet household incomes increased only 5 percent.

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Water Supply

• Lake Michigan is one of the world’s largest fresh-water resources, serving much of the region’s water needs.

• However, the 2020 population forecasts indicate as many as 23 townships may suffer water deficits of varying severity over the next 25 years.

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Proposed CMAP Committee Structure