Metropolitan Planning Council - Home

Skip to main content

Access to transportation is a human right.

Nearly every person in the Chicago region, or someone they care for, will face a disability that will impact their mobility at some point in their life. A public transportation system should meet the needs of all its customers, no matter their age or ability. 
Let's move toward Universal Mobility

Shaping a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous Chicago region

News More news »

Stay in the loop!

MPC's Regionalist newsletter keeps you up to date with our work and our upcoming events.

Subscribe to Regionalist

Events More events »

MPC Roundtable

Toward Universal Mobility: Charting a Path to Improve Transportation Accessibility

December 3, 2019, Noon to 1:30 p.m. CST

Union League Club
65 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago
Crystal Room, 5th Floor

Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council

Download to calendar

How can we make metropolitan Chicago a place where it is as easy for seniors and people with a disability to get around as it is for everyone else? Plan to join us for the release of MPC’s new blueprint: Toward Universal Mobility: Charting a Path to Improve Transportation Accessibility. 
The report studies the challenges people with disabilities and the elderly face in accessing our transportation system, and delivers a set of recommendations that will help make the Greater Chicago region a place where everyone can get anywhere they need to, when they need to.

RSVP Today!

Risa Rifkind, ADA 25 Advancing Leadership, will moderate a lively discussion with:

  • Adam Ballard, Access Living
  • Jackie Forbes, Kane County Division of Transportation
  • Judy Shanley, PhD, Easterseals and National Center for Mobility Management
  • Audrey Wennink, Metropolitan Planning Council
MPC would like to thank Wight & Company for generously sponsoring this event.

MPC also thanks TransDev for sponsoring Toward Universal Mobility: Charting a Path to Improve Transportation Accessibility.

Roundtables »
Lunchtime policy discussions with national experts

Urban Think & Drinks »
Debate and discuss how we shape our urban environment

Annual Luncheon »
Memorable discussions with influential speakers

Sponsor an event »
Help us achieve our objectives and offer dynamic, unique, and accessible events.

This page can be found online at http://www.metroplanning.org/index.html

Metropolitan Planning Council 140 S. Dearborn St.
Suite 1400 Chicago, Ill. 60603 312 922 5616 info@metroplanning.org

Sign up for newsletter and alerts »

Shaping a more equitable, sustainable and prosperous greater Chicago region

For more than 80 years, the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) has made the Chicago region a better place to live and work by partnering with businesses, communities and governments to address the area's toughest planning and development challenges. MPC works to solve today's urgent problems while consistently thinking ahead to prepare the region for the needs of tomorrow. Read more about our work »

Donate »