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Year Project Title Program Project Typesort descending Project Partner Budget Funding Source(s) Status
+ 2018 South Side Service Improvements - 2018 Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Operating Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) $6,037,270
  • RTA
Programmed

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Description

The project includes operational improvements to the identified bus routes as follows:

26 - Expanded hours of service and all trips will begin and end at 103rd/Stony Island;

34 - More frequent midday and evening service;

71 - More frequent midday service all trips operation to and from 112th/Torrence improving frequency of service south of 73rd St;

95 - Routes 95E and 95W are combined into a single route providing more convenient service for customers traveling along 95th St;

119 - More frequent midday and evening service; and Green Line rail service improvements offering more frequent service from Cottage Grove and 63rd/Ashland during AM and PM rush.

4 Cottage Grove - Selected trips extended throughout the day from 95th to 115th/Cottage Grove.

X9 Ashland Express and #X49 Western Express bus routes Rush period limited stop bus service in the busy Ashland and Western bus corridors.

Funding:
2018 ICE: $6,037,270

Current Activities

N/A

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$6,037,270
Last Updated 11.08.2018
+ 2016 Reinstating the Ashland and Western Express Routes Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Operating Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) $1,091,000
  • RTA
In Progress

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Description

Starting in December, the #X9 Ashland Express and #X49 Western Express bus routes will run during the morning and afternoon rush periods. The express service will reduce travel times for passengers on these heavily traveled corridors. Express buses will make stops roughly every half-mile and at all bus and rail transfer points. RTA ICE funds will provide for contributed share of annual service operation costs. The annual costs which include bus operators, fuel, and maintenance are estimated to total from $3 - $3.5 million. When route scheduling is final cost projection will be refined, but with each schedule seasonal labor pick costs will vary to some extent. Funding: 2016 ICE: $1,091,000

Current Activities

Complete.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$1,091,000
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2009 I-355 Corridor Development Project Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Operating Pace Suburban Bus $107,990
  • RTA
  • Local
Completed

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Description

First phase of north-south transit service utilizing I-355 between Will, DuPage and Cook County. New limited stop express service from Bolingbrook to Schaumburg.

Funding:
2008 ICE: $53,995

Current Activities

This service was discontinued in March 2011 due to low ridership. In its last year of funding the project averaged 155 trips per month.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$53,995
Local
$53,995
Last Updated 11.08.2018
+ 2009 PACE ADA / Paratranist Operations Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Operating Pace Suburban Bus $11,874,621
  • RTA
Completed

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Description

Operating Assistance for Paratransit and ADA Service in 2009-2011 Funding: 2009 ICE: $4,101,236 2010 ICE: $1,225,005 2011 ICE: $6,548,380

Current Activities

Complete

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$11,874,621
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2009 I-55 Corridor Enhancement Project Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Operating Pace Suburban Bus $453,200
  • RTA
  • Local
Completed

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Description

Express bus services provided by Pace on the I-55 corridor will be enhanced by: 1) The service frequency of Pace Route 855 would be increased and service extended to Plainfield, and 2) New service from Plainfield, Bolingbrook and Burr Ridge to West Loop Medical Center would be introduced.

Funding:
2008 ICE: $226,600

Current Activities

Pace implemented the expanded service for Route 855 and the new Route 755 on November 30, 2009. ICE funds were exhausted in mid-March 2011. In its last year of funding the project averaged 6,402 trips per month. Pace is continuing to provide the service with its own funds.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$226,600
Local
$226,600
Last Updated 11.08.2018
+ 2009 CTA Service Improvements - 2009 Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Operating Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) $200,000
  • RTA
  • Local
Completed

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Description

Match to service improvements funded with CMAQ funding. Funding: 2008 ICE: $160,000

Current Activities

Complete

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$160,000
Local
$40,000
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2015 Rock Island Line Enhancement Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Operating Metra $819,000
  • RTA
Completed

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Description

The proposed schedule will separate the Beverly Branch from Main Line service on both Saturday and Sunday as is currently done in peak periods, saving sixteen minutes for a ride from LaSalle Street to Joliet. Funding will provide improved service to special events and fast growing non-work travel markets.

Funding:
2015 ICE: $819,000

Current Activities

The project is complete.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$819,000
Last Updated 11.08.2018
+ 2009 Lake County Northwest Circulator Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Operating Lake County $521,930
  • RTA
  • Local
Completed

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Description

Expansion of existing Pace Route 570 service frequencies and the addition of a flexible circulator component to the route. Service will be enhanced for the following communities: Gurnee, Grayslake, Round Lake, Round Lake Park, Hanesville, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake Heights, Fox Lake and Long Lake.

Funding:
2008 ICE: $260,930

Current Activities

Lake County implemented the service November 23, 2009. ICE funding for this project was exhausted in December 2010. Pace continues to provide the service with its own funds.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$260,930
Local
$261,000
Last Updated 11.08.2018
+ 2009 Southwest Service Saturday Service Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Operating Metra $664,412
  • RTA
  • Local
Completed

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Description

Addition of three round trips on Saturdays to Metra's SouthWest Service. Currently there is no Saturday service on this line.

Funding:
2008 ICE: $332,206

Current Activities

Metra implemented this service March 21, 2009. ICE funds for this project were were exhausted in March 2011. In its last year of funding the project averaged 1,421 trips per month. Metra has since continued to provide the service.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$332,206
Local
$332,206
Last Updated 11.08.2018