Regional Transportation Authority

 
Initiatives Funding Programs Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement
Program Objectives
Innovation, Coordination and Enhancement (ICE) is a competitive funding program established as part of the Mass Transit Funding and Reform legislative package (P.A. 95-0708), enacted in January 2008 by the State of Illinois. The program's objectives are to:
  • Enhance the coordination and integration of public transportation
  • Develop and implement innovations to improve the quality and delivery of public transportation
  • Provide attractive, high-quality, innovative transit choices that link people to jobs and facilitate the use of transit for other trips
  • Increase the amount of transit service provided
  • Serve more of the region's travel markets using innovative approaches as appropriate and increase the ease of connection between different transit providers by coordinating service, fares, information and physical connections
  		 

Funding Programs Brochure

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RTA Funding Brochure 2013 Page 1

Call for Projects Timeline

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May 9 - Call for Projects released

May 21 - Open House #1 – RTA Headquarters – 175 W. Jackson Blvd, Suite 1650, Chicago - 2:00-4:00

May 23 - Open House #2 – Arlington Heights Village Hall - 33 S Arlington Heights Rd., Community Meeting Room (3rd Fl) - 2:00-4:00

May 29 - Open House #3 – Southwest – Orland Park Civic Center -14750 S Ravinia - Jane Barnes Annex (South end - 1st Fl) - 2:00-4:00

August 1 - Applications due before 3:00pm CST

September – Preliminary Program of Projects selected, applicants notified

October 1- 26 – Public Comment Period

November - RTA Board considers funding for the JARC/New Freedom program

December - RTA Board considers funding for the Community Planning program

Funding Programs Report

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