CTA’s Proposed Red Line Extension

Bio: Consultant on Public Policy for Developing Communities Project; and Director of Undergraduate & Graduate Studies, Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Bio: Current Work: Executive Director of Developing Communities Project(DCP)since 2008 after having served as a consultant to the organization. Past experience includes work in the human service and philanthropic communities. DCP is the community organization that, for the past 10 years, has driven the Campaign to extend the CTA Red Line to the far South Side city limits. DCP gained CTA approval for the DCP advocated Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) that also became a priority transportation project in CMAP's Go to 2040 Plan. DCP's current focus is to insure that the community benefits through jobs and transit oriented development (TOD)that result from the planned Extension as well as to insure a more livable community.

Education: AM, School of Social Service Administration, The University of Chicago. BA, Bennett College, Greensboro, NC

Key Publications: DCP has several publications related to this project: The Case for Transit-Oriented Development in the Greater Roseland Area: A report prepared by the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement at the University of Illinois at Chicago; Transit Equity Matters: An Equity Index and Regional Analysis of the Red Line and Two Other Proposed CTA Transit Extensions: also prepared by the Voorhees Center.

Bio: As a member of CMAP's community outreach & engagment team, Kendra works with community stakeholders (elected officials, residents, community organizations etc.) to gather input for and promote community planning projects through CMAP's Local Technical Assistance Program. Kendra has previously worked in community organizing and real estate development in Cleveland, Chicago and Pamplona, Spain.

Education: Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Bachelor of Arts, 2005 Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, Master of Science-Urban Studies, Neighborhood & Community Development Focus, 2007

Bio: I wrote the CMAP report "Parking Strategies to Support Livable Communities," co-authored CMAP's Parking Management Strategy Report and am currently working with municipal planners to address parking problems in their communities, as part of CMAP's Local Technical Assistance program, funded by HUD's Sustainable Communities Initiative. I also manage the Case Study Library and serve as the CMAP representative on the Kane County Transit Committee, Pace Bus' Transit Guidelines Advisory Committee, RTA's Transit Guidelines Committee, the CEED@Chicago Data Subcommittee, and the Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council's Compost Working Group.

Education: 2001 BA in Urban & Regional Planning, University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign, 2001-2003 Peace Corps Guatemala - Municipal Planning program, 2004 MS in Geographic Information Systems, University of Redlands, 2011 Certificate in Sustainable Urban Design, Archeworks Chicago

Key Publications: "Parking Strategies to Support Livable Communities" (http://1.usa.gov/CMAP_Parking), "Parking Management Strategy Report" (http://1.usa.gov/VKEm1T)

Other Publications: "Geospatial Technologies Improve Transportation Decision-making," Public Roads, Mar/Apr 2006.