Transportation

Transportation issues continue to be a high priority at the County. A good, dependable, transportation system is pivotal to DuPage County’s continued economic success, and for improving our quality of life. Being stuck in traffic, or at the airport, costs us more then we think; it increases our gas costs, our reliance on foreign oil, and the amount of pollution our car puts into the air. But more importantly, traffic congestion steals from us hundreds of hours each year we could have spent with our families instead of stuck in traffic.

As Vice-Chairman of the County’s Transportation Committee I have pushed for a new approach to transportation in DuPage County. I believe we must look at transportation as one giant integrated and intermodal system; and not separate highway, railway, or bus systems.

The following is a list of transportation projects for this area that I have, and will continue, to work on at the County:

1. Naperville Road / I88 interchange - completion of the project;
2. Eola Road / I88 interchange - re-energize the agreement and start the project;
3. Eola Road extension to Roosevelt Rd - get a consensus and start planning phase;
4. EJ&E / Star Line - work with the Canadian Nt’l Railroad, and get this project moving;
5. Increase commuter parking at train stations - work with METRA and build more now;
6. Western Access to O’Hare - work to make this a ‘national priority project’;
7. Aviation Modernization - O’Hare and DPCA - Aviation Re-Authorization Bill;
8. Bus Rapid Transit Expansion - Naperville/Aurora to O’Hare, and other routes;
9. Trail Integration - Additional ‘spurs’ to trains / schools & an Eola Rd. connector;
10. Safe Routes to Schools - expand program to all County roadways;
11. Use prairie grasses along roadways to reduce operating costs, and increase esthetics.

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