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Currently, technical studies are underway to evaluate potential Schedule station locations, ridership potential, operating conditions and project Pace initiated the planning phase in late 2015. Currently, Pace is developing initial costs as well as other factors design concepts, refining the preliminary station locations, collecting and analyzing influencing project planning and data, and developing preliminary service plans and cost estimates. SPRING/SUMMER 2016 • ISSUE 1 success. Pace will convene a Corridor Dempster Line Advisory Group and coordination and collaboration with that group will be The project will follow federal regulations to examine the Dempster Line’s poten- ongoing throughout the planning and tial environmental impacts. As part of this process, we will seek public input on the development of the Pulse service. Dempster Line stations and features, evaluate and document the project’s anticipated impact on air quality, noise and vibration, as well as ecological, archaeological, and Broad public and community outreach historic resources, and select final station locations. efforts are also underway to educate Pace Keeps You Ctonnec ed stakeholders about the Pulse During the design phase, detailed designs will be developed for selected station As part of Pace’s Vision 2020 plan to modernize public transportation, Pace plans to build Dempster Line, and encourage their a 24-line Pulse network to improve mobility and suburb-to-suburb travel opportunities. participation throughout the study and locations. PROJECT TIMELINE development process. A stakeholder Pulse Dempster Line Pulse is a new arterial bus network which will provide fast, frequent and is anyone who could be affected by reliable bus service using new technology and streamlined route design. this service and has a stake in the final 2015-2016 2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019 design and operation of the service, Planning Environmental Design Construction Pulse The second Pulse line to be implemented is the Pulse Dempster Line, which will follow including municipal officials, public study review in service the implementation of the Pulse Milwaukee Line. agencies, community leaders and STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT & AGENCY INPUT groups, businesses, area residents, • Initial design • Stakeholder • Facilitate & property owners and transit users. concepts & station outreach incorporate locations • Environmental stakeholder input • Data collection & engineering • Detailed design Public involvement efforts will take • Stakeholder outreach analysis Connecting Communities place over the lifecycle of the project and may include the following: with the Pulse Dempster Line The Pulse Dempster Line encourages O’Hare International Airport. It will operate in mixed traffic and connect * Public meetings suburban transit usage through the to other Pace and CTA bus routes, as well as CTA and rail lines, * One-on-one stakeholder establishment of a network of higher- offering a variety of local and regional travel options. meetings What’s Ahead? quality line-haul routes and connecting communities. Whether you are * Website: PaceBus.com/Pulse interested in access to jobs, dining, health services, shopping, education, The Pulse Dempster Line will connect the communities of Evanston, * Online comment form or recreation, the Pulse Dempster Line can get you there. Skokie, Morton Grove, Niles, Park Ridge, Des Plaines and Rosemont to * Fact sheets Once the planning, environmental and technical studies have been one another, as well as to O’Hare International Airport and other popular * Corridor Advisory Group The Pulse Dempster Line is 15 miles in length and will operate along destinations including Lutheran General Hospital, Maine East High School completed, design drawings for the Pulse Dempster Line stations will be between the Davis Street CTA station in Evanston and and downtown Des Plaines. * Email blasts * Social media prepared. Pending funding availability, construction of passenger facilities * Outreach to local media is planned to begin in 2018 with the Dempster Line operational in 2019. Preliminary Pulse Dempster Line Routing and Stations

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58 Golf Rd

Golf Rd MORTON Waukegan Rd Waukegan Washington Rd. Washington GROVE Davis CTA/Metra As stakeholders in the Pulse Dempster Line, Pace encourages you to voice Austin Crawford Lincolnwood-Kimball Dodge Des Plaines Metra Milwaukee Waukegan Dempster-Skokie CTA Dee Luther Dempster St your opinion and provide comments at any time throughout the project. ROUTE 250 Dempster St DEMPSTER LINE 41 CTA Purple Line Pace will connect with its customers, the general public, affected property DES PLAINES NILES SKOKIE Lake

Michigan

Crawford Ave Crawford Austin Ave Austin owners, communities and business groups through outreach activities Ave Ridge Oakton St

CTA Yellow Line including a project website, public meetings and one-on-one stakeholder Oakton St Lee-Mannheim/Oakton 43 14 Metra UP Northwest Line

meetings. 45 Lee St Lee Touhy Ave

Touhy Ave Milwaukee Ave > Please visit Pace’s Pulse website at PaceBus.com/Pulse to 294 Mannheim/Lunt LINCOLNWOOD ROSEMONT Your Input stay updated on the Pulse program and the Pulse Dempster Lee/Touhy PARK RIDGE Ave MILWAUKEE LINE Line. Check the website periodically for new information O’Hare Kiss-n- Fly/ CHICAGO

O’Hare Transfer Metra CTA Purple Line/CTA Red Line Metra Milwaukee District North Line 14

postings to the News and Events Section. Metra UP North Line

is Important! CTA Blue Line (O’Hare) O’HARE 190 INTERNATIONAL ROSEMONT > Sign up for the project mailing list by filling out the public AIRPORT Metra North Central Service Line

Mannheim Rd

comment form posted to the Get Involved section. O’Hare Airport Transit System

NORRIDGE HARWOOD HEIGHTS PaceBus.com/Pulse | Pulse Dempster Line | Page 1 Pace’s Vision TRANSIT State of the Art TRANSIT SERVICE is Becoming a Connections Pulse, an all-new service type from Pace, provides frequent, fast and reliable travel. Reality It will provide state of the art bus transit with faster service, shorter wait times, Along the corridor, there are numerous Service lines. The Pulse Dempster enhanced station amenities, and easy connections to other bus routes and rail lines. There are 24 Pulse lines planned to serve transit connections including Pace Line will also connect with the Pulse Pulse service will provide: the region and 7 priority routes have been and CTA bus routes, CTA Purple and Milwaukee Line at the Dempster/ Yellow lines, CTA Blue Line at O’Hare Milwaukee Pulse station to provide identified for development over the next Enhanced station and passenger amenities, CORRIDOR ADVISORY GROUP International Airport, and Metra’s UP- service to the Golf Mill Shopping Center including heated shelters with lighting and seating; 10 years: North, UP-Northwest and North Central in Niles and the Jefferson Park Transit near-level boarding platforms for faster and easier FORMED TO PROVIDE INPUT Center in Chicago. boarding; real-time bus arrival information signs; > Milwaukee Avenue > transit route and vicinity maps; and landscaping T o provide a forum for the discussion of details > Dempster Street > related to the planning, design and operations > > STATIONS of the Pulse Dempster Line, a Corridor > Highly visible and accessible stations that Advisory Group (CAG) has been established may be located along Dempster Street feature Pulse-branded route markers/kiosks by Pace. The CAG consists of community The Dempster Line will be the second at Dodge Avenue, Lincolnwood Drive, leaders and/or municipal staff from the City of Pulse Line to be implemented, after the Crawford Avenue, Dempster-Skokie Evanston, Village of Skokie, Village of Morton Milwaukee Line. Buses with Wi-Fi, USB charging ports, CTA Yellow Line Station, Austin Avenue, Grove, Village of Niles, City of Park Ridge, and digital information signs Over the long term, the phased At this time, Dempster Pulse station Waukegan Road, Milwaukee Avenue, City of Des Plaines, Village of Rosemont, and implementation of the Pulse network locations are preliminary and further Luther Lane, Dee Road, and Des Plaines Chicago Department of Aviation. Additionally, transit agencies, transportation/engineering will improve mobility, travel choices, and study is needed to determine preferred Metra Station as well as at Lee Street/ Improved bicyclist/pedestrian connectivity to transit service officials, land use/transportation planning connectivity throughout Pace’s service locations. The study team anticipates Oakton Street, Lee Street/, agencies, and environmental professionals will area. the Dempster Line’s two terminals will and /Lunt Avenue. These High frequency, be represented. be located at Evanston’s Davis Street station locations will be evaluated during limited stop service CTA/Metra Station and the O’Hare the planning phase and stations may be The CAG will meet up to four times, or as needed, throughout the project. The CAG International Airport’s future people added, deleted, or relocated based on Improved travel time and reliability, members will be encouraged to provide mover station. Intermediate stations study findings and stakeholder input. thanks to Transit Signal Priority (TSP) technical input and broad perspectives, as well as community level input, regarding various As part of Pace’s “family of services”, Pulse will be integrated with the fixed route aspects of the Pulse Dempster Line. IMPROVED ON-TIME PERFORMANCE network, express bus routes, and community-based transit services.

To improve on-time performance and schedule reliability, Pace is implementing a Transit Sig- EXISTING SERVICE: PACE ROUTE 250 nal Priority (TSP) system along the Pulse Dempster Line. TSP enables Pace’s computerized Intelligent Bus System to communicate with the traffic signal system without any action taken The Pulse Dempster Line will be coordinated with Route 250, preliminary schedule for the Pulse by the bus driver. If a bus is running behind schedule, the bus automatically sends a request the existing Pace route serving the corridor. Pulse will not re- Dempster Line as well as any pro- place Route 250, it will complement existing service by provid- posed changes to the existing Route to the traffic signal network to either shorten a red light or extend a green light. ing faster, more frequent service to the most popular destina- 250 service. tions along the corridor. While changes to Route 250 service TSP does not interfere with signal systems used by emergency response vehicles, and traf- frequency may be considered, any significant changes will be Pulse stations will be farther apart than existing local bus fic signal controls are programmed to deny the bus’s request for a timing adjustment if traffic subject to a public hearing and Pace Board approval. stops, but will be located at or near some of the existing Route conditions would be negatively impacted. In other parts of the Pace service area where 250 stops with the highest ridership activity. As part of the TSP has been implemented, TSP resulted in travel time improvements of up to 20%, which The Pulse Dempster Line will offer more frequent service than planning study, Pace will evaluate where stations will be located means faster service and shorter travel times for customers. the existing Route 250, although an exact schedule has not yet to serve the majority of riders, limiting the distance they have been developed. During the planning phase, Pace will evaluate to walk. Further, it is anticipated that Route 250 service will current Route 250 operations and ridership and develop a continue to make all local stops and stop at Pulse stations.

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