Planned Transportation Spending
An examination of Illinois’ 2010-2016 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program* reveals that transit projects** account for the largest chunk of planned spending (42 percent). Road capac- ity expansion projects follow, making up 18 percent of the STIP. Bridge maintenance/replacement projects comprise 12 percent. Road maintenance/minor widening projects account for 11 percent of the planned expenditures. Six percent of projects were classified as “other.” Safety projects make up 4 percent of the spending as do bridge capacity expansion projects. Bicycle/pedestrian projects make up 2 percent of the spending. Road or bridge projects with bicycle/pedestrian components (such as adding sidewalks when reconstructing a roadway) account for 1 percent of the STIP. Projects totaling $317.22 million (1 percent of the STIP) were “bistate” projects – transit, bridge, and planning projects shared between Illinois and Missouri. share
Proposed Spending, FY 2010-2016*
Project Type | Cost (Millions) | |
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Total | $23,067.59 | |
Bridge Maintenance/Replacement | $2,859.21 | |
Road Maintenance/Minor Widening | $2,520.12 | |
Road/Bridge Project with Bike/Ped Components | $245.42 | |
New Road Capacity | $4,018.27 | |
Transit** | $9,745.14 | |
Bicycle/Pedestrian | $520.39 | |
Safety | $979.83 | |
Bridge Capacity Expansion | $870.00 | |
Other | $1,309.21 |
* Illinois’ STIP does not list projects in metropolitan planning organization (MPO) jurisdictions. TSTC used the FY 2010-15 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, the FY 2012-16 TIPs for the DeKalb/Sycamore Area Transportation Study and McLean County Regional Planning Commission, and the 2012-15 TIPs for the Bi-State Regional Planning Commission, Champaign-Urbana Urbanized Area Transportation Study, Danville Area Transportation Study, Decatur Urbanized Area Transportation Study, East Central Intergovernmental Association, East-West Gateway Council of Governments, Kankakee Area Transportation Study, Peoria/Pekin Urbanized Area Transportation Study, Rockford Area Transportation Study, Springfield Area Transportation Study, and Stateline Area Transportation Study.
** Transit total does not include $220.6 million in state and local operating funds.
*** Transit CREATE projects that were funded by intercity rail or high-speed rail funds are included in this category.
Percentage of STIP by project type
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bmr12
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rmmw11
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rbbp1
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nrc18
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tran42
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bp2
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sfty4
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bce4
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othr6