Work Program Committee

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- Minutes & Agendas  
- Work Program Committee Schedule
- Summary of Recent Committee
  & Task Force Meetings


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- Updated Meeting Schedule (PDF)  
- Council of Mayors Calendar (PDF)  


CMAP Contact Person:
Patricia Berry, (312) 386-8742

Membership:
IDOT Office of Planning & Programming (OPP), Council of Mayors, RTA, NIPC, CDOT, Cook County, DuPage County, Kane County, Lake County, McHenry County, Will County, CTA, Railroad Companies (Class I), Metra, Mass Transit Districts, Private Transportation Providers, Pace, ISTHA, FHWA, FTA, IDOT-District I, IDOT Division of Public and Intermodal Transportation (DIPIT), city of Chicago Department of Planning and Development (CDPD), Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC), Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS)

Charge:
Review and make recommendations to the Policy Committee on transportation matters and carry out any other duties the Policy Committee shall assign to it. Coordinates the activities of the committees, subcommittees and task forces reporting to the Work Program Committee.

Please visit the CMAP Transportation Committee page for current information.

The Work Program Committee (WPC), comprised of representatives from each of the Policy Committee member agencies plus six additional members, meets to address and review all the issues that will come before the Policy Committee for resolution.

It is anticipated that on June 14, 2007 the Work Program Committee will transition to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's (CMAP's) Transportation Committee.

The current Work Program Committee members are:

  • Chairman, Jack Groner, Metra
  • Vice Chairman, Luann Hamilton, Chicago Department of Transportation
  • CATS, Donald Kopec
  • Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Benet Haller
  • Chicago Transit Authority, Jeffrey Sriver
  • Cook County Highway Department, Peter D. Godowski
  • Council of Mayors, Arlene Mulder
  • DuPage County, Chuck Tokarski
  • FHWA, Christopher DiPalma
  • FTA, Vanessa Adams
  • Illinois DOT Division of Highways - District 1, Clarita Lao
  • Illinois DOT Division of Public and Intermodal Transportation, Neil Ferrari (alternate)
  • Illinois DOT Office of Planning and Programming
  • Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Michael D. Rogers
  • Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Mary Wells
  • Kane County, Thomas B. Rickert
  • Kendall County, Fran Klaas
  • Lake County, Paula Trigg
  • Local Mass Transit Districts, John Rita
  • McHenry County, Jason Osborn
  • Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, Ronald Thomas
  • Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, Steven Strains
  • Pace, Rocky Donahue
  • Private Transportation Providers, Paul M. Losos
  • Railroad Companies (Class I), Thomas Zapler
  • Regional Transportation Authority, Leanne Redden
  • Will County, Sheldon Latz