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| + | 2013 to 2021 | Volunteer Express '13-14 | Section 5310 / JARC / NF | Administration - Operating | Hanover Township | $4,800 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionThis project is a volunteer driver program that supplements the services offered by Hanover Township¿s Dial-A-Bus program. Volunteer drivers utilizing their own vehicles provide door-to-door service for older adults. Local share will be provided with transportation development credits. Current ActivitiesThe grantee has concluded this program. This project is complete. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2018 to 2019 | Ride in Kane Phase 17 & 18 | Section 5310 / JARC / NF | Administration - Operating | Kane County | $4,995,992 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionThis project coordinates paratransit services in Kane County into a centralized system that optimizes transportation resources for older adults and persons with disabilities. The sponsors of this project include multiple private non-profit organizations and local units of government. Current ActivitiesThe RTA Board approved this project on August 22, 2019. This project provided approximately 3,814 trips in September 2023. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2012 | Ways to Work '12 | Section 5310 / JARC / NF | Administration - Operating | Salvation Army Family & Community Services | $701,973 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionThe WTW program provides small, short-term, low-interest loans to low-income families for the purpose of purchasing or repairing a car to get to work, childcare, and to pursue educational or job training opportunities. The project funding will be used to support operating costs associated with client screening and case management, and for a small loan guarantee pool. This project will replicate other JARC projects that have been successfully implemented in other parts of the country. Current ActivitiesThe Salvation Army launched the Ways to Work project on September 26, 2011. Since the program's inception through March 2015, 2,369 individuals have attended personal finance education classes and 506 loans have been approved. This project is complete. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2012 | Volunteer Express '12 | Section 5310 / JARC / NF | Administration - Operating | Hanover Township | $12,969 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionThis project is a volunteer driver program that supplements the services offered by Hanover Township¿s Dial-A-Bus program. Volunteer drivers utilizing their own vehicles provide door-to-door service for older adults. Local share will be provided with transportation development credits, formerly known as toll credits Current ActivitiesThe service provided 30 trips in February 2016. This project is complete. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2012 | Ride in Kane Phase 9 & 10 | Section 5310 / JARC / NF | Administration - Operating - Mobility Management | Association for Individual Development (AID) | $5,613,611 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionIn its fifth year of operation, the Ride in Kane project coordinates paratransit services in Kane County into a centralized system that optimizes transportation resources for older adults, persons with disabilities, and low-income individuals. The sponsors of Phases 9 and 10 include 19 private, non-profit organizations and local units of government. Current ActivitiesThe service provided 557 JARC trips in June 2021. Ridership is down due to COVID-19. New Freedom funding has been fully expended for this phase of the project. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2017 | Car and Locomotive Cameras | Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) | Capital | Metra | $1,500,000 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionProvides for the replacement of DVRs on Metra locomotives, cab cars, and EMUs with a new technology that is faster and less grainy. It also provides for inward facing cameras, as required by the Federal Fast Act. Funding: 2017 ICE: $1,500,000 Current ActivitiesProject is currently in the planning stage. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2016 | Platform Heating Technology | Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) | Capital | Metra | $742,000 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionThis 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 ActivitiesThe project is currently underway. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2015 | Video Enhancement for Bus and Rail | Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) | Capital | Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) | $8,007,280 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionThe project will provide funding for implementation systems for automated downloads of camera information at rail terminals, yards and bus garages. Automated downloads will provide better access to camera data without manual downloading (as is currently done) on an as-needed basis. Project costs will provide for hardware, software, site design, implementation and wireless network connections at terminals, yards and garages to facilitate the automated downloads. Funding: 2015 ICE: $8,007,280 Current ActivitiesThe project is currently underway. Funding Amounts by Source
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| + | 2018 | Downtown Terminal Information Display | Innovation, Coordination, and Enhancement (ICE) | Capital | Metra | $952,500 |
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PROJECT DETAILSRelated ReportsOther ResourcesDescriptionThis project will involve the installation of gate boards and big boards at downtown stations. The entire project will include up to 80 gate boards at the 5 downtown stations. Current ActivitiesIn planning stages 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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