DRAFT ON TO 2050 COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL PLAN Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning Board and Metropolitan Planning Organization Committee Agenda Draft Document June 6, 2018 Contents The Principles ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Resilience ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 Inclusive Growth ........................................................................................................................................ 3 Prioritized Investment ............................................................................................................................... 6 The Region Today ..................................................................................................................................... 9 COMMUNITY ......................................................................................................................................... 16 Strategic and sustainable development ................................................................................................ 17 Target infill, infrastructure, and natural area investments ............................................................... 17 Invest in disinvested areas .................................................................................................................. 25 Reinvestment for vibrant communities ................................................................................................ 32 Support development of compact, walkable communities ................................................................... 33 Match regional and local housing supply with the types that residents want ................................... 40 Improve natural resources through the redevelopment process .......................................................... 45 Development that supports local and regional economic strength .................................................. 50 Develop tax policies that strengthen communities and the region ..................................................... 50 Incorporate market and fiscal feasibility into planning and development processes .......................... 56 Align local economic development planning with regional goals ....................................................... 61 PROSPERITY ........................................................................................................................................... 67 Robust economic growth that reduces inequality ............................................................................... 68 Pursue regional economic development .............................................................................................. 68 Support development of an entity with the mandate and resources to implement a regional economic growth strategy ................................................................................................................................... 70 Support the region’s traded clusters ................................................................................................... 73 Prioritize pathways for upward economic mobility ............................................................................ 78 Enhance economic innovation ............................................................................................................ 86 Responsive, strategic workforce and economic development .......................................................... 90 Conduct regional planning for human capital ................................................................................... 90 Align local economic development planning with regional goals ....................................................... 96 Reform incentives for economic development ................................................................................... 100 Expand data-driven approaches in the workforce and education systems ........................................ 103 ENVIRONMENT .................................................................................................................................. 107 A region prepared for climate change ................................................................................................ 108 Plan for climate resilience ................................................................................................................. 109 Intensify climate mitigation efforts ................................................................................................... 115 Integrated approach to water resources ............................................................................................. 119 Protect and enhance the integrity of aquatic systems ....................................................................... 120 Reduce flood risk to protect people and assets ................................................................................... 129 Coordinate and conserve shared water supply resources .................................................................. 137 Development practices that protect natural resources ..................................................................... 144 Improve natural resources through the redevelopment process ........................................................ 145 Integrate land preservation into strategic growth efforts ................................................................. 150 GOVERNANCE .................................................................................................................................... 162 Collaboration at all levels of government........................................................................................... 164 Use collaborative leadership to address regional challenges ............................................................. 164 Encourage partnerships and consolidation ....................................................................................... 168 Coordinate infrastructure operations and maintenance ................................................................... 174 Greater capacity to achieve local and regional goals ........................................................................ 178 Develop tax policies that strengthen communities and the region ................................................... 178 Build local government capacity ....................................................................................................... 185 Data driven and transparent investment decisions .......................................................................... 189 Base investment decisions on data and performance ........................................................................ 190 Improve access to public information through technology and transparency .................................. 195 MOBILITY .............................................................................................................................................. 198 A modern, multimodal system that adapts to changing travel demand ....................................... 199 Harness technology to improve travel and anticipate future impacts .............................................. 200 Make transit more competitive ......................................................................................................... 211 Maintain the region’s status as North America’s freight hub .......................................................... 221 A system that works better for everyone ............................................................................................ 230 Leverage the transportation network to promote inclusive growth .................................................. 231 Improve travel safety ........................................................................................................................ 236 Improve resilience of the transportation network to weather events and climate change ................ 241 Making transformative investments ................................................................................................... 245 Fully fund the region’s transportation system ................................................................................. 246 Enhance the region’s approach to transportation programming ...................................................... 256 Build regionally significant projects ................................................................................................. 258 The Principles The Chicago region has a tradition of seizing its destiny rather than leaving the future to chance. Because current trends show that the region is falling behind its peers, we must address our challenges collaboratively to ensure metropolitan Chicago's status as a global center of commerce. According to many measures, our progress has stalled for reasons that are complex but by no means irreversible. By systematically addressing such factors, as a region we can make tangible progress toward broad, lasting prosperity and quality of life. Most important, while we possess the assets necessary to succeed, we must coordinate our efforts region-wide to make true progress. In developing this ON TO 2050 comprehensive regional plan, CMAP spent approximately three years working with partners to conduct extensive