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Year Project Title Program Project Type Project Partner Budgetsort ascending Funding Source(s) Status
+ 2017 Luminous Platform Signs at Demonstration Locations Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Metra $550,000
  • RTA
 Programmed

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Description

Provides for the design, fabrication, installation, and three years of warranty and maintenance of thin panel LED, luminous platform signs at up to six Metra stations. Also provides for training from Metra staff for the ongoing troubleshooting and operations of the new signs, and training of Metra staff and forces for the potential installation of future phases of luminous signs. Installation of hard-wired electrical power at all locations and potential electrical upgrades to electrical service and panel would is included as needed. Will install new photo-sensors and radar systems to trigger the brightening of otherwise dimly-lit signs upon train approach. Funding: 2017 ICE: $550,000

Current Activities

Project in planning

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$550,000
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2009 Lake County Northwest Circulator Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Operating Lake County $521,930
  • RTA
  • Local
 Completed

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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
+ 2016 Origin - Destination Model Update and Survey Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) $500,000
  • RTA
 In Progress

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Provide for the update of the Origin-Destination (OD) model working with the Planning and Ridership departments. CTA has been using the OD model for route planning and service allocation since 2008 to minimize crowding on buses and trains. Re-engineering the model will enable it to read and analyze data from Ventra. Implement a system wide Origin-Destination Passenger Survey - last done in FY 2007. Funding: 2016 ICE: $500,000

Current Activities

The project is currently underway.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$500,000
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2016 Control Center - Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Implementation Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) $500,000
  • RTA
 In Progress

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Furnish and install a Network and Telephone Systems Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery system. This project will provide funding to meet control center requirements: a) Deploy Alternate Control Center: The alternate control center should include full functionality similar to the current primary CTA control center. The resources needed to perform the specified functions should be defined, documented, and included in the plan for the alternate control center. b) Information Technology Applications Required for Disaster Recovery: Assess current applications technology stack, address any required upgrades prior to implementing Disaster Recovery solutions, and propose alternative technology solutions for required field technology components (i.e. RF communications infrastructure cannot be duplicated).

Current Activities

The project is currently underway. Funding: 2016 ICE: $500,000

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$500,000
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2016 Crew Optimization System Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Metra $500,000
  • RTA
 Programmed

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Description

This project is for the purchase of software that uses train schedules to determine the minimum amount of crews members needed to operate service. This software will be used with the new electronic crew calling system that helps Metra better comply with Passenger Hours of Service (PHOS) regulation for hours of service reporting requirements. Funding: 2016 ICE: $500,000

Current Activities

The project is in the planning stage.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$500,000
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
+ 2015 Metra Special Events Service Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Operating Metra $356,581
  • RTA
 In Progress

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This project involves adding extra Metra service for Special Events that occur in the City of Chicago such as the St. Patrick¿s Day Parade, the Air and Water Show, the Magnificent Mile Festival of Light, etc. Funding: 2015 ICE: $356,581

Current Activities

This project is currently underway.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$356,581
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2012 Paratransit Command Center Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Pace Suburban Bus $340,809
  • RTA
  • Local
 Completed

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Description

Pace will use the ICE funds to develop a Command Center which will utilize technologies to more aggressively monitor/oversee the delivery of services by the twelve different regional ADA/dial-a-ride contract providers. Having this center will give Pace a technological advantage in undertaking additional oversight to improve service and efficiency. Pace also is installing Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology for trip notifications, web-based technology for trip cancellations and confirmations, and Opti-Run technology to maximize the efficiency of the run structures. Funding: 2011 ICE: $272,647

Current Activities

Project is complete.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$272,647
Local
$68,162
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2011 Milwaukee Avenue Transit Signal Priority Demonstration Project Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Pace Suburban Bus $317,929
  • RTA
  • Local
 In Progress

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This project will test the integration of transit signal priority technology that will allow CTA and Pace buses to interact with multiple types of traffic signal systems located on the same arterial. Funding: 2008 ICE: $254,343

Current Activities

In progress

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$254,343
Local
$63,586
Last Updated 01.18.2023
+ 2015 Communications Equipment and Outreach Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) Capital Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) $317,120
  • RTA
 Completed

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Description

Funding for innovative technology communications equipment solutions at transit facilities to expand, improve, and modernize technology systems will be used to communicate with CTA customers and employees in order to improve the quality and delivery of public transportation. Project funds will be used for hardware, software, and implementation of technology systems that support systems including, but not limited to the public address system, train tracker, bus tracker, telephones, security cameras and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA). Funding: 2015 ICE: $317,120

Current Activities

The project has been completed.

Funding Amounts by Source

Source Amount
RTA
$317,120
Last Updated 01.18.2023
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