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Year Project Title Program Project Type Project Partnersort descending Budget Funding Source(s) Status
+ 2012 Visual Information System (VIS) Installation Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Metra $864,891
  • RTA
  • Local
 In Progress

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Description

The Visual Information System (VIS) is an electronic visual sign system located centrally at the station platform that provides current information about our train service. The VIS system helps Metra stations become more ADA compliant by providing visual information of announcements, train delays, and other information that are helpful to our to our hearing and non-hearing impaired-commuters. Currently, Metra has 80 stations that do not have VIS systems. Funding: 2011 ICE: $691,913

Current Activities

The project is in progress. The stations where these signs will be added may include, but are not limited to:

METRA
LINE STATION

UPW Maywood Station
Melrose Park Station
Bellwood Station
Cumberland Station

UPN Ravinia Station
Winthrop Harbor Station

MWD Round Lake Station
Long Lake Station

BNSF Riverside Station
Hollywood Station
Brookfield Station
Hinsdale Station
West Hinsdale Station
Clarendon Hills Station

MED McCormick Place Station
51st Street / 53rd Street / Hyde Park Station RID:
95th Street / Longwood Station
Beverly Branch 115th Street / Morgan Park Station
Beverly Branch 119th Street - Beverly Branch

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$691,913
Local
$172,978
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2012 Regional Transit Fare System Program Management and Systems Integration Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Metra $2,000,000
  • RTA
  • Local
 In Progress

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Description

This project will allow Metra to select a fare systems management expert to serve in a program management oversight and systems integrator role. This expert would have a strong background in implementing other transit fare technologies and/or systems at various transit peer agencies, relationships with the banking industry, and expertise in the various technologies that Metra is considering. Funding: 2012 ICE: $1,600,000

Current Activities

Metra is currently evaluating fare system options. The scope for this project will be refined as Metra evaluates fare collection options.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$1,600,000
Local
$400,000
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2015 Automated Field IT System Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Metra $3,500,000
  • RTA
 In Progress

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Description

Funding for this project will provide the engineering field staff with electronic data collection devices for reporting incidents and conditions of the system. It will streamline data collection from paper to electronic. Funding: 2015 ICE: $3,500,000

Current Activities

This project is currently underway.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$3,500,000
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2017 Vehicle Inspection System Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Metra $1,000,000
  • RTA
 Programmed

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Description

The project provides for a Pantagraph inspection system and ultrasonic detection system that will allow for the real-time inspection of cars and locomotives. New servers hosting command and control software will be purchased and added to the system. Metra will also purchased a software suite, which consolidates alarm events and data from an unlimited number of sensors and information sources into a unified, interactive user interface. Funding: 2017 ICE: $1,000,000

Current Activities

Project is in planning.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$1,000,000
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2017 Revenue Accounting System Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Metra $1,930,000
  • RTA
 In Progress

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Description

Provides for the installation of a new back-office revenue accounting system to replace the existing system. The replacements will include servers and related hardware, and software and related programming. The system will be configured to be compatible with the existing point-of-sale terminals throughout the Metra system and the software that operated those terminals. The system will be configured to be compatible with Metra's new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. The system will be capable of working with potential Automatic Passenger Counter (APC) systems. Funding: 2017 ICE: $1,930,000

Current Activities

Project currently underway.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$1,930,000
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 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
+ 2015 Electronic Crew Calling Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Metra $1,913,356
  • RTA
 In Progress

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Description

Funding will allow for a new electronic crew calling system which will help Metra better comply with Passenger Hours of Service (PHOS) regulation hours of service reporting requirements. would also enable crew members to electronically sign their hours of service logs. In addition, the crew callers will be able to assign jobs based on the entries from the crew members and under the strict guidance of PHOS. The current crew calling system does have PHOS built in, but does not allow for crew members to log their time. The regulation has a set of guidelines that govern the ability for employees to mark up for an assignments based on previous assignments worked. The current employee logs are done on paper, cumbersome, and are more difficult to audit. A new system should allow for assignment alerts and/or not allow employees to be assigned to an assignment that could possibly violate the PHOS regulation. Funding: 2015 ICE: $1,913,356

Current Activities

This project is currently underway.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$1,913,356
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2018 Main Line Conversion to LED Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Metra $952,594
  • RTA
 In Progress

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Description

The scope of this project is to replace the fluorescent main lighting on the Amerail cars (7400-7487, 7489-7497, 8400-8478) in the Metra fleet with LED main lighting.

Current Activities

In process

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$952,594
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2016 Platform Heating Technology Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Metra $742,000
  • RTA
 In Progress

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Description

This is a demonstration project for the installation of a heated platform technology for snow removal. Metra will identify locations to test the technology with a variety of existing platform materials. In these various tests, Metra will be looking to determine which platform materials best accept heat, evenly distribute the heat across the entire platform, and efficiently use energy to provide the heat. FY 2016 ICE funds will be used for this project element. Funding: 2016 ICE: $742,000

Current Activities

The project is currently underway.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$742,000
Last Updated 01.18.2023
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