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Illinois
Capital: Springfield
Population: 12,482,301
Major Metropolitan Areas: Chicago, Davenport/Rock Island, Peoria, Rockford
Federal Transportation Spending: $1,324,393,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

 
General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
Illinois offers limited initiative and referendum procedures. Petitions must be submitted no later than 4 months before the general election.

State Election Site: http://www.elections.state.il.us/

County & City Information
Contact your county clerk's office for more information: http://www.elections.state.il.us/voteinfo/pages/ElecAuthorityList.asp

Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Illinois.htm

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/il.html

 
Specific Ballot Measure Information
 
Initiative Year Community/Region
for initiative
Type Of Measure Ballot Date Result
2002 Suburban Chicago Commuter rail proposal
Description
$1.3 billion for 105-mile commuter rail "arc" to connect Chicago suburbs, to the Indiana border.

 
Outreach/Contact Information
 
Advocacy Groups
IL Public Transit Association (no website)
Business Leaders for Transportation http://www.metroplanning.org/businessleaders/
Campaign for Better Transit http://www.bettertransit.com/
Campaign to Build Illinois Transit http://www.citizenaction-il.org/issues/transit.html
Center on Work and Community Development
Neighborhood Capital Budget Group http://www.ncbg.org/
YWCA Wheels to Work Program http://www.ywcamclean.org/wheels.html
Also: Shawnee Mass Transit District Coalition, Citizens Taking Action, Chicagoland Transportation and Air Quality Commission, Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference--Transit Task Force, Lake County Conservation Alliance, National Business Coalition f
Rail Passenger Group
Illinois Association of Rail Passengers http://www.illinoisrail.org/
State DOT
http://www.dot.state.il.us/
Transit Agencies & MPOs
Arlington Hts PACE http://www.pacebus.com/
Chicago CTA http://www.transitchicago.com/
St. Louis Metro http://www.metrostlouis.org/
Peoria City Link http://www.ridecitylink.org/
 
Media Information
 
Newspaper(s)
Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/
Chicago Sun Times http://www.suntimes.com/index/
Springfield State Journal http://www.sj-r.com/
Decatur Herald & Review http://www.herald-review.com/
Bloomington-Normal Pantagraph http://www.pantagraph.com/
Radio Television
WBEZ NPR - Chicago http://www.wbez.org/
WGN Talk- Chicago http://www.wgnradio.com/
WNUR College- Evanston http://www.wnur.org/
WBBM CBS - Chicago http://www.cbs2chicago.com/
WMAQ NBC - Chicago http://www.nbc5.com/
WLS ABC - Chicago http://abclocal.go.com/wls/
 
Other Resources
 

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=illinois

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/il.cfm