Successful TODs in the Chicago Region

Bio: Project Manager, Local Planning & Programs, Regional Transportation Authority (RTA)

Bio: Nicole Nutter is a Strategic Planner at the Regional Transportation Authority in the Strategic Planning and Policy Division. She previously worked as a transportation and environmental planner at a MPO in central Illinois, before starting with the RTA in 2008. At the RTA, she has coordinated many Transit-Oriented Development studies, conducted research on transit and land use coordination, lead the RTA’s housing initiatives, and is currently preparing the Region’s Transit Strategic Plan. Ms. Nutter continues to work to improve sustainability in the transportation field.

Education: Educated at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, she earned a Bachelor's degrees in Urban and Regional Planning with an emphasis on Environmental Studies and law. She is currently pursuing a Master's of Public Policy and Administration at Northwestern University.

Past Assignments: Fall 2012 Upper Midwest APA Annual Conference Youths and Transit; Creating a new generation of transit users

Bio: Planning and Zoning Administrator

Education: MCRP Illinois Institute of Technology