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• Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, is quoted in a Medill Reports article on the lack of federal funding for CREATE, the Chicago Regional Environmental and Transportation Efficiency project, to help ease rail congestion: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=92185 June 3, 2008.

• Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, is quoted in the Daily Herald on the need to extend Route 53 to reduce congestion in the northwestern suburbs: http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=197598 May 26, 2008.

• Crain's Chicago Business this week ran an opinion piece on the use of various fees to reduce traffic congestion by Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. The article "Pricing our way out of downtown traffic congestion" online version is available only to subscribers. May 19, 2008.

• Medill Reports quoted Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative, on reasons why Canadian National Railway Co. should buy parts of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway in some Chicago suburbs: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=88983 May 14, 2008.

• Sharon Haar, associate professor of architecture, and Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban
Transportation Center, are quoted in a Chicago Tribune RedEye story on
future development in Chicago. The article appears on page 21 of today's UIC news clips: http://www.uic.edu/depts/paff/clips/04-24-2008.pdf April 24, 2008.

• Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative, was quoted in a Daily Herald story on the cause and effect of poor enforcement of the violations system on Illinois toll roads:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=176297#storycomments
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=176481 April 21, 2008.

• Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was interviewed by the Columbia Cronicle on the need for more state funding of transit: http://www.columbiachronicle.com/paper/citybeat.php?id=4825 March 04, 2008.

• Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was interviewed by WLS 890-AM on the state's current transportation bill, the transit system's need for capital, and the issue of free rides for seniors or other populations. January 17, 2008.

• Siim Sööt, associate professor emeritus in the Urban Transportation Center of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was interviewed on Chicago Public Radio's "Eight Forty-Eight" about the use of rural land for highway development rather than farming. The audio is available at: http://wbez.org/content.aspx?audioID=15334 November 12, 2007

• The 2007 UIC George Krambles Transportation Scholarship Program announced the awarding of three scholarships totaling $2,000. The $1,000 Scholarship will be awarded to Yandan Lu, PhD student in the Urban Planning and Policy Program and a Research Assistant at the Urban Transportation Center. Yandan's paper is titled The Influence of Urban Forms on Work Travel Behavior: An Exploration Using Agent-Based Modeling. Two $500 scholarships will be awarded to Stephen Hunt and Tanushri Swarup, both Masters students in Urban Planning and Policy Program and Research Assistants at the Urban Transportation Center. Stephen's paper is titled Volunteer Driver Programs in Coordinated Human Service Transportation Plans and Tanushri's paper is titled Passenger Intermodal Transportation: A Review of the Progress of the Passenger Intermodal Sector. November 2007.

• Siim Sööt of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs is quoted in the Seattle Times on the potential ridership of a proposed rail transit line. Sööt chairs an expert review panel on transit for the State of Washington. October 18, 2007. Search the article at Seattle Times

•The Seattle Times quotes Siim Sööt of the Urban Transportation Center on the planning and financing of a transit line from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to downtown Seattle. Soot chairs an expert panel advising Sound Transit on the line. October 12, 2007.

• Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, appeared on the ABC 7 Sunday Morning News in a discussion of Chicago-area traffic congestion and methods to alleviate it. The discussion will comprise the "News Views" segment airing on October 7, 2007 at 9:10 a.m.

• Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, was quoted in the New York Post on the potential loss of ridership due to a proposed fare hike. September 26, 2007.

• Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, was quoted by Governing magazine on the Chicago Transit Authority's cost cuts and budget requests: http://www.governing.com/archive/2007/sep/player.txt September 5, 2007.

• Liang Long, PhD candidate in Civil and Materials Engineering and graduate assistant in the Urban Transportation Center (UTC) and Wenjing Pu, also a candidate in Civil and Materials Engineering and an associate in UTC have been awarded a 2007 Illinois Section of the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) scholarship. They received the awards at the ASCE Illinois Section President Elect/Student Awards Dinner on March 22, 2007.

• Joseph DiJohn, research professor in the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, is quoted in Crain's Chicago Business on the possibility of fuel taxes to fund repairs of the metropolitan transportation system. March 20, 2007.

• The Chicago Tribune quoted Joseph DiJohn, research professor and director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, in an article on a proposed transit-oriented development designed to revitalize Villa Park. March 8, 2007 issue (search archives).

• Siim Sööt, director emeritus of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was quoted in the Northwest Indiana Times on the center's recent report documenting the trend of widely dispersed commuting in the Chicago area. Posted online: March 7, 2007.

• The Columbia Chronicle ran a feature on a study of Chicago-area commuting trends co-authored by Siim Sööt, director emeritus, and Joseph DiJohn, research professor, both in the Urban Transportation Center of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. March 7, 2007.

• Chicago Magazine's March issue includes an article, "City of Big Stomachs," on a study by the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. Siim Sööt, UTC director emeritus, and Joseph DiJohn, research professor, computed body-mass indices from seven million Chicago-area drivers' licenses and found an inverse relationship between BMI and average income. March 2007.

• Reverse Commuting Changes Region, UIC Study Says. UIC News Release, February 5, 2007.

• Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah was one of four transportation experts interviewed by Time Out Chicago on ways to improve CTA service. Issue 101: February 17, 2007.

• Ms. Liang Long, PhD candidate in Transportation Engineering and UTC research assistant, was chosen by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Illinois section as the recipient for both the ITE 2006 Best Student Paper Award and the ITE 2006 Student Scholarship. The title of her paper is "Transferability of Household Travel Data Across Neighborhood Types and Geographic Areas Using NHTS." Liang was a guest of honor and received the awards at the ITE-Illinois Chapter 2006 annual dinner banquet on January 12th, 2007.

• The Christian Science Monitor quotes Siim Sööt, director emeritus of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on the need to alleviate congestion in downtown Cairo by relocating a major government building. December 11, 2006 edition.

• Training scientists as traffic-fighters. Today's cars are loaded with computers, roads are laden with sensors for real-time traffic monitoring, and high-tech portable devices are at the ready to help make travel a breeze. So why are we still stuck in traffic? more UICNews, Issue October 11, 2006.

• UIC George Krambles Transportation Scholarship Announced. September 30, 2006.

• Crain's Chicago Business quotes Joseph DiJohn, research professor in UIC's Urban Transportation Center, on the link between budget shortages and increasing service problems on the CTA. September 28, 2006 edition.


Home About UTC Faculty & Staff News News Archive Events Research Transportation Courses Publications Links Contact Site Map	• Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, is quoted in a Medill Reports article on the lack of federal funding for CREATE, the Chicago Regional Environmental and Transportation Efficiency project, to help ease rail congestion: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=92185 June 3, 2008. • Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, is quoted in the Daily Herald on the need to extend Route 53 to reduce congestion in the northwestern suburbs: http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=197598 May 26, 2008. • Crain's Chicago Business this week ran an opinion piece on the use of various fees to reduce traffic congestion by Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. The article "Pricing our way out of downtown traffic congestion" online version is available only to subscribers. May 19, 2008. • Medill Reports quoted Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative, on reasons why Canadian National Railway Co. should buy parts of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway in some Chicago suburbs: http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=88983 May 14, 2008. • Sharon Haar, associate professor of architecture, and Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, are quoted in a Chicago Tribune RedEye story on future development in Chicago. The article appears on page 21 of today's UIC news clips: http://www.uic.edu/depts/paff/clips/04-24-2008.pdf April 24, 2008. • Joe DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative, was quoted in a Daily Herald story on the cause and effect of poor enforcement of the violations system on Illinois toll roads: http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=176297#storycomments http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=176481 April 21, 2008. • Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was interviewed by the Columbia Cronicle on the need for more state funding of transit: http://www.columbiachronicle.com/paper/citybeat.php?id=4825 March 04, 2008. • Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was interviewed by WLS 890-AM on the state's current transportation bill, the transit system's need for capital, and the issue of free rides for seniors or other populations. January 17, 2008. • Siim Sööt, associate professor emeritus in the Urban Transportation Center of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was interviewed on Chicago Public Radio's "Eight Forty-Eight" about the use of rural land for highway development rather than farming. The audio is available at: http://wbez.org/content.aspx?audioID=15334 November 12, 2007 • The 2007 UIC George Krambles Transportation Scholarship Program announced the awarding of three scholarships totaling $2,000. The $1,000 Scholarship will be awarded to Yandan Lu, PhD student in the Urban Planning and Policy Program and a Research Assistant at the Urban Transportation Center. Yandan's paper is titled The Influence of Urban Forms on Work Travel Behavior: An Exploration Using Agent-Based Modeling. Two $500 scholarships will be awarded to Stephen Hunt and Tanushri Swarup, both Masters students in Urban Planning and Policy Program and Research Assistants at the Urban Transportation Center. Stephen's paper is titled Volunteer Driver Programs in Coordinated Human Service Transportation Plans and Tanushri's paper is titled Passenger Intermodal Transportation: A Review of the Progress of the Passenger Intermodal Sector. November 2007. • Siim Sööt of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs is quoted in the Seattle Times on the potential ridership of a proposed rail transit line. Sööt chairs an expert review panel on transit for the State of Washington. October 18, 2007. Search the article at Seattle Times •The Seattle Times quotes Siim Sööt of the Urban Transportation Center on the planning and financing of a transit line from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to downtown Seattle. Soot chairs an expert panel advising Sound Transit on the line. October 12, 2007. • Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, appeared on the ABC 7 Sunday Morning News in a discussion of Chicago-area traffic congestion and methods to alleviate it. The discussion will comprise the "News Views" segment airing on October 7, 2007 at 9:10 a.m. • Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, was quoted in the New York Post on the potential loss of ridership due to a proposed fare hike. September 26, 2007. • Joseph DiJohn, director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, was quoted by Governing magazine on the Chicago Transit Authority's cost cuts and budget requests: http://www.governing.com/archive/2007/sep/player.txt September 5, 2007. • Liang Long, PhD candidate in Civil and Materials Engineering and graduate assistant in the Urban Transportation Center (UTC) and Wenjing Pu, also a candidate in Civil and Materials Engineering and an associate in UTC have been awarded a 2007 Illinois Section of the American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE) scholarship. They received the awards at the ASCE Illinois Section President Elect/Student Awards Dinner on March 22, 2007. • Joseph DiJohn, research professor in the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, is quoted in Crain's Chicago Business on the possibility of fuel taxes to fund repairs of the metropolitan transportation system. March 20, 2007. • The Chicago Tribune quoted Joseph DiJohn, research professor and director of the Metropolitan Transportation Support Initiative in the Urban Transportation Center, in an article on a proposed transit-oriented development designed to revitalize Villa Park. March 8, 2007 issue (search archives). • Siim Sööt, director emeritus of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, was quoted in the Northwest Indiana Times on the center's recent report documenting the trend of widely dispersed commuting in the Chicago area. Posted online: March 7, 2007. • The Columbia Chronicle ran a feature on a study of Chicago-area commuting trends co-authored by Siim Sööt, director emeritus, and Joseph DiJohn, research professor, both in the Urban Transportation Center of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. March 7, 2007. • Chicago Magazine's March issue includes an article, "City of Big Stomachs," on a study by the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs. Siim Sööt, UTC director emeritus, and Joseph DiJohn, research professor, computed body-mass indices from seven million Chicago-area drivers' licenses and found an inverse relationship between BMI and average income. March 2007. • Reverse Commuting Changes Region, UIC Study Says. UIC News Release, February 5, 2007. • Piyushimita (Vonu) Thakuriah was one of four transportation experts interviewed by Time Out Chicago on ways to improve CTA service. Issue 101: February 17, 2007. • Ms. Liang Long, PhD candidate in Transportation Engineering and UTC research assistant, was chosen by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Illinois section as the recipient for both the ITE 2006 Best Student Paper Award and the ITE 2006 Student Scholarship. The title of her paper is "Transferability of Household Travel Data Across Neighborhood Types and Geographic Areas Using NHTS." Liang was a guest of honor and received the awards at the ITE-Illinois Chapter 2006 annual dinner banquet on January 12th, 2007. • The Christian Science Monitor quotes Siim Sööt, director emeritus of the Urban Transportation Center in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, on the need to alleviate congestion in downtown Cairo by relocating a major government building. December 11, 2006 edition. • Training scientists as traffic-fighters. Today's cars are loaded with computers, roads are laden with sensors for real-time traffic monitoring, and high-tech portable devices are at the ready to help make travel a breeze. So why are we still stuck in traffic? more UICNews, Issue October 11, 2006. • UIC George Krambles Transportation Scholarship Announced. September 30, 2006. • Crain's Chicago Business quotes Joseph DiJohn, research professor in UIC's Urban Transportation Center, on the link between budget shortages and increasing service problems on the CTA. September 28, 2006 edition.


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