The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning is located in Suite 800 of Sears Tower, 233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL  60606.  Phone:  312-454-0400.  Fax:  312-454-0411.   Click here for directions to Sears Tower.

Formed in 2005, CMAP integrates planning for land use and transportation in the seven counties of northeastern Illinois.  The new organization combined the region's two previously separate transportation and land-use planning organizations -- Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS) and the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC) -- into a single agency.  On September 1, 2006, the CMAP Board issued a strategic report on the agency’s vision, governance, and funding.  Metropolitan Chicago will have an additional 2 million residents and 1.2 million jobs by 2030, and CMAP is developing strategies to address this growth's serious implications for transportation, housing, economic development, open space, the environment, and natural resources. 

CMAP operates under authorizing leglislation known as Public Act 095-0677.  The agency's current by-laws were revised on November 28, 2007.  The CMAP Board's membership (click for a list or a map of Board members) reflects the regional consensus that led to creation of CMAP, featuring balanced representation from across the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will.  The board is chaired by Gerald Bennett, mayor of Palos Hills.  On April 12, 2006, CMAP hired  Randall S. Blankenhorn as its first executive director to oversee operations of the unified agency.  

CMAP is now developing the region's first truly comprehensive plan for land use and transportation.  The agency has committees at the policy, advisory, coordinating, and working levels that play integral roles in these planning processes (click here for a graphic showing CMAP's committee structure).

CMAP Board Members

(updated March 12, 2008)

Executive Committee
Gerald Bennett, chair
Rita Athas, vice chair
Elliott Hartstein, vice chair
Al Larson, at-large member
Rae Rupp Srch, at-large member
Nigel Telman, at-large member

City of Chicago Appointments
Rita Athas, executive director, World Business Chicago
Frank Beal, executive director, Chicago Metropolis 2020
Raul Raymundo, executive director, Resurrection Project
André Rice, president, Muller and Monroe Asset Management
Nigel Telman, partner, Sidley Austin LLP

Cook County Appointments
Gerald Bennett, mayor, Palos Hills (Southwest Cook)
Anthony Calderone, mayor, Forest Park (West Central Cook)
Zenovia Evans, mayor, Riverdale (South Cook)
Alan Bennett, village trustee, Elmwood Park (Cook)
Al Larson, mayor, Schaumburg (Northwest Cook)

Collar County Appointments
Elliott Hartstein, mayor, Buffalo Grove (Lake)
Marilyn Michelini, mayor, Montgomery (Kane/Kendall)
Dan Shea, McHenry County board member (McHenry)
Roger Claar, mayor, Bolingbrook (Will)
Rae Rupp Srch, former mayor, Villa Park (DuPage)

Non-voting Members
Ian Doughty, Governor's appointee
Stephen Schlickman, executive director, Regional Transportation Authority (MPO Policy Committee)