Chicago Demands Transportation Management: The case for TDM in Chicagoland - Metropolitan Planning Council

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Chicago Demands Transportation Management: The case for TDM in Chicagoland

  • December 13, 2013

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The Chicago region has a rich network of transportation options, yet we waste billions of dollars and countless hours each year in traffic congestion. Although we continue to invest in rebuilding and expanding our transportation system, we cannot build our way out of congestion. We must make the most efficient use of our existing network: We need transportation demand management (TDM).

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Commute Options, congestion, cost of congestion, TDM, Transportation Demand Management

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