Each day brings new signs of profoundly shifting mobility patterns in the Chicago region and beyond. After decades in which automobile use increased consistently, the last decade has seen it remain relatively constant, while the other modes people use to get around have diversified.{{Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, “Travel Trends: Understanding How Our Region Moves,” September 2016, http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/onto2050/snapshot-reports/transportation-network/travel-trends.}} Transit ridership has also changed, with declining ridership in some areas and modes along with capacity-straining growth in others. Freight rail is also changing. Intermodal freight volumes that fell during the last recession have since rebounded significantly, with growth of some 30 percent between 2009-14.{{Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, “The Freight System: Leading the Way,” May 2017, http:/www.cmap.illinois.gov/onto2050/snapshot-reports/transportation-network/travel-trends.}} Biking, walking, and working from home are on the rise. In the years since GO TO 2040 was adopted, people have begun to take advantage of new, technology-enabled ways of getting around, including bike sharing, car sharing services like Zipcar, transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft, and microtransit services( Transit that uses small or medium sized vehicles, often privately operated on flexible routes ) like Chariot and Via. Automated vehicles are gradually emerging from the test tracks and onto streets and highways elsewhere in the U.S., with their advent here viewed as inevitable if not imminent. These still nascent technological trends will continue to intersect with economic and demographic shifts to transform how residents and businesses want to use the region’s transportation system in coming decades. Due to the many benefits of a vibrant multimodal transportation system, ON TO 2050 sets a target of increasing the share of commuters who travel to work by a mode other than driving alone, while doubling transit ridership. This requires changing the way that we build roads, transit, and our communities themselves. Our transportation agencies, local governments, developers, businesses, and residents must work together to make decisions and investments that help the system anticipate and adapt to changing travel demand. Recommendation Harness technology to improve travel and anticipate future impacts Click to go to Harness technology to improve travel and anticipate future impacts Recommendation Make transit more competitive Click to go to Make transit more competitive Recommendation Maintain the region’s status as North America’s freight hub Click to go to Maintain the region’s status as North America’s freight hub