Jan. 23, 2008
Jim Kveradas from the Canadian National (CN) was asked to speak on the CN's purchase of the Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern Railway (EJ&E) and its impacts on Northeastern Illinois and the CREATE program on February 27 at the University of Illinois. The committee decided to look into a celebration of the Chicago Skyway turning 50 on April 8, 2008. It was decided that an invitation be extended to Chris Kopp from Cambridge Systematics to replace Leann Redden as a Programming Committee member. View Minutes Jan. 23, 2008
Rick Harnish discussed Madrid's high speed rail network and its connectivity to the other rail networks. Harnish is the Executive Director of the Midwest High Speed Rail Association, which is advocating that people form a strong grassroots constituency for high speed rail that will provide a green, convenient, and economically viable alternative to air travel and its hassles. View Minutes Oct. 1, 2007
Representative Hamos spoke about the public transit funding crisis and how politicians are attempting to resolve it. She then fielded several questions from the committee and several suggestions were made. View Minutes Aug. 22, 2007
The committee agreed to invite Representative Julie Hamos to speak on the transit funding crisis and pending legislation designed to resolve this issue. The group also discussed additional ideas for meetings. View Minutes May 9, 2007
Libby Ogard, program vice president of the Transportation Research Forum and principal of Prime Focus LLC, highlighted the growing need for truck stops and truck parking in heavily developed areas. The group discussed several options for addressing truck parking deficiencies. View Minutes Mar. 21, 2007
Siim Sööt of the UIC Urban Transportation Center presented research on developing a new source of journey-to-work data, including how the Census Bureau has decided to replace long-form data with the American Community Survey in 2010. View Minutes Feb. 8, 2007
The Programming Committee decided to contribute $500 for the 2007 TRF Annual Forum at Boston University. They also discussed topics for a March or April meeting and a May meeting. View Minutes Nov. 29, 2006
The Transportation Research Forum met at DePaul University's Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development. Dave Young, a former editor for the Chicago Tribune, condensed the history of Chicago’s transportation systems since the 1800s into a brief lecture for the group. Joe DiJohn closed the meeting by announcing the next TRF meeting will be in Boston in March. View Minutes Aug. 3, 2006
The Chicago chapter of the TRF discusses how the economies of China, India, and other economic powers in Asia will impact the existing freight transportation network in America and Chicago, in particular. View Minutes Jun. 6, 2006
The program committee agreed to invite Gerald Rawling from the Chicago Area Transportation Study to discuss intermodal operations and volumes in Northeastern Illinois. The group also discussed additional ideas for meetings. View Minutes Mar. 15, 2006
Dr. Kimon Prossaloglou of Cambridge Systematics presented results of a travel market analysis of the Cook-DuPage Corridor in metro Chicago. He highlighted changes in travel and employment within the corridor that are creating mobility challenges. View Minutes Dec. 21, 2005
The Programming Committee of the Chicago Chapter discussed subsidizing students' costs for blockbuster meetings, potential meeting topics and speakers and ways to increase membership for the chapter. View Minutes Jul. 20, 2005
The chapter met at DePaul University's Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development with 22 attendees. Larry Wilson from Wilson Consulting discussed truck size, weight and route regulations in Illinois and neighboring states. Mary Wells from the Illinois Tollway spoke about the impacts of a recent toll increase on their system. The new toll structure is designed to encourage greater use of its I-Pass payment program and to further stimulate off-peak use. View Minutes May 18, 2005
The Programming Committee met to begin discussing possible topics and speakers for meetings. A large-scale event is tentatively planned for November. Possible topics include: the future of Amtrak, implications of United Airline's bankruptcy, budgetary issues related to the region's transit systems. View Minutes Apr. 14, 2005
The first official meeting of the Chicago Chapter was held with 25 attendees. The chapter's programming committee has decided to have three meetings in the first year that highlight the work of local researchers and one that will feature a prominent speaker with broad appeal. In other business, Siim Soot of the UIC Urban Transportation Center presented research on the correlation of urban sprawl and obesity. Joe Schwieterman from DePaul University's Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development talked about his Institute's transportation activities. And Kazuya Kawamura described some of the research from his "Hedonic Analysis of Traffic Volume Impacts on Property Values." View Minutes Feb. 8, 2005
Chicago-area TRF members meet to revitalize the Chicago TRF Chapter. Joe DiJohn is elected president and Chuch Abraham is elected secretary-treasurer. A program committee was also named. View Minutes |
