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| + | 2009 | PACE ADA / Paratranist Operations | Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) | Operating | Pace Suburban Bus | $11,874,621 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionOperating 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 ActivitiesComplete Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2009 | I-55 Corridor Enhancement Project | Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) | Operating | Pace Suburban Bus | $453,200 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionExpress 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: Current ActivitiesPace 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
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| + | 2016 | Intelligent Bus System (IBS) Equipment - 2016 | Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) | Capital | Pace Suburban Bus | $1,635,452 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionReplacement of the current IBS equipment, which includes the purchase, installation and associated services for 725 units of Intelligent Vehicle Logic Units (IVLU), Mobile Data Terminals (MDT), antennas, interface cabling, adapter cables, radio cables, and installation & conversion kits. Replacement of 34 access points and purchase of two MCC-7100 dispatch radios. This project will be phased in over three years using ICE funding. Pace will award a single contract for the whole scope, but will award funding as it becomes available over the three year period. Funding: 2016 ICE: $1,635,452 Current ActivitiesThe project is currently underway. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2015 | Ventra Vending Machines | Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) | Capital | Pace Suburban Bus | $810,000 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionThe project will use funds to acquire and install 12 Ventra Vending machines at high volume transfer and boarding locations throughout our service area. Units will be placed in locations such as Aurora, Elgin, Joliet, Waukegan as well as Harvey, Chicago Heights, Golf Mill, Des Plaines and other Cook County locations. Funding: 2015 ICE: $810,000 Current ActivitiesThe project is complete. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2018 | Intelligent Bus System (IBS) Equipment - 2018 | Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) | Capital | Pace Suburban Bus | $1,635,000 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionThe scope includes replacement of the current IBS equipment, which includes 725 units of Intelligent Vehicle Logic Units (IVLU), Mobile Data Terminals (MDT), antennas, interface cabling, adapter cables, radio cables, and installation & conversion kits, replacement of 34 access points, and the purchase of two MCC-7100 dispatch radios. This project will be phased in over three years using ICE funding. Pace will award a single contract for the whole scope, but will award funding as it becomes available over the three year period. Funding: 2018 ICE: $1,635,000 Current ActivitiesIn Progress. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2013 | Shuttle Bug Operations | Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) | Capital | Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) | $1,200,000 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionThe RTA is in the process of executing a contract with the TMA of Lake-Cook to assist with the development and implementation of additional Shuttle Bugs throughout the region. Once potential routes are identified and developed in conjunction with the Service Boards, ICE funding will be combined with private sector financial contributions to fund the operation of the routes. Funding: Current ActivitiesThe RTA Board approved this project at its December 18, 2013 meeting. The RTA, CTA, Metra, Pace, and TMA of Lake-Cook, based on their analysis of the markets for the Shuttle Bug service, are focusing on the Oak Brook, Downers Grove, and Rolling Meadows/Schaumburg areas. Employee surveying is completed in the Golf Road area and ongoing in Oak Brook and Downers Grove. Once the survey data is analyzed, the RTA, TMA of Lake Cook, CTA, Metra, and Pace will make a determination on where to pursue specific shuttle bug opportunities. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2013 | Market Development Activities | Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) | Capital | Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) | $1,000,000 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionThe RTA Planning and Market Development Department recently re-oriented its activities to focus on key markets, including but not limited to reverse commute, older adults, and occasional riders. ICE funding will be directed toward key initiatives to be identified in the Department's 2014 work plan. Funding: 2012 ICE: $1,000,000 Current ActivitiesFollowing RTA Board adoption of ICE funding in December 2013, the RTA, CTA, Pace, and Metra developed four Market Development projects. 1) The RTA will reserve $500,000 in ICE funds to help support the engineering and implementation of real time signage in support of the CDOT Central Loop BRT project. These funds could be used for real time signage directing customers from Union Station or Ogilvie Transportation Center to bus boarding locations along the planned BRT corridors (Washington, Madison, Clinton, and Canal) or at any of the eight proposed BRT stations in the loop. 2) The RTA is currently working to establish a Special Events Service Fund for use by the Service Boards to serve the occasional riders market. A total of $275,000 in ICE funds ($550,000 total) would be available for services, marketing, and other associated costs for service to/from Special Events within the region. The Service Boards would provide a 50% local match for each service. 3) $125,000 in ICE funds will be provided for a two-year service demonstration of a reverse commute bus service to augment MD-N Metra service. The new ¿MD-N Sunrise Express¿ bus service would pick up passengers at Western and at Chicago Union Station (the two strongest Shuttle Bug ridership stations in the Chicago market segment) and then operate express via the Edens Expressway to Lake Cook Road. The bus would arrive at the Lake Cook Road station in time to continue its currently scheduled Shuttle Bug trip. Passengers would either stay on the bus or transfer to another Shuttle Bug route to complete their trip. 4) The RTA defines Mobility Management as the practice of educating customers on the availability of regional transportation options and assisting customers in choosing the option(s) that best meet their travel needs. Two projects are proposed; a Train-the-Trainer Video Series and an Older Adults Group Transit Travel Program. ICE funds in the amount of $100,000 will be used as a local match for an RTA-sponsored Section 5310 application ($400,000 Federal for a total project cost of $500,000). If the 5310 application is not awarded through the required competitive project selection process, the RTA would scale back the overall project cost appropriately. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2009 | Dispatching with Mobile Computers and In-Vehicle Technology | Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) | Capital | Rich Township | $183,694 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionThis project will deploy scheduling software in combination with a Global Positioning System (GPS) allowing for better trip coordination of Rich Township's dial-a-ride services. Funding: Current ActivitiesRich Township completed the installation of scheduling software and hardware. The full system with the Global Positioning System (GPS) component of the project was deployed on April 2, 2011. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2009 | Skokie Swift Oakton Street Station Area Improvement | Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) | Capital | Skokie | $1,621,736 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionImprovements complementing new CMAQ funded Oakton Street station on the CTA Yellow Line. Improvements include: bus stops, bus, and taxi access lanes, sheltered waiting areas, pedestrian walkways, shared vehicle lanes, kiss and ride, bicycle parking, and landscape improvements. Funding: Current ActivitiesThe Oakton Street Station opened in April 2012. The village completed the the Kiss'n'Ride with two bus turnouts, and a sidewalk funded by the ICE grant. The final phase of the project consisting of streetscaping and landscaping was completed in September 2013. Oakton Station served 23,225 passengers in November 2013. In 2015, Skokie received CMAQ program funding, via the RTA's Access to Transit Improvement Program, for additional bicycle parking at the Oakton Station. Funding Amounts by Source
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