Pulse Dempster Line Public Meeting

Home , 95th Street (Chicago), Airport Transit System, Cermak Road, Cumberland station (CTA), Dempster Street, Harlem Avenue

Pulse Overview

Pace’s new rapid transit network, Pulse, will provide enhanced express bus service to commuters using the latest technology and streamlined route design. Pulse is designed to provide fast, frequent and reliable bus service in heavily traveled corridors of suburban Chicagoland. With • Limited-stop express the first line on service Milwaukee Avenue • New Wi-Fi equipped scheduled to launch vehicles with USB in 2018, Pulse will charging ports differ from regular • Real-time bus arrival fixed route bus signage service in quite a few ways. • Easy-to-find stations with weather protection

Future Pulse Lines

1. Milwaukee Avenue (Construction has begun, anticipated launch in fall 2018) 2. Dempster Street 3. Halsted Street 4. 95th Street 5. Cermak Road 6. Harlem Avenue 7. Roosevelt Road

Pulse’s Modern Bus Amenities • Free on-board Wi-Fi • USB charging ports • Digital route maps with next stop announcements • ADA-compliant vehicles • Front mounted bicycle rack Pulse Dempster Line

The Pulse Dempster Line will operate The Pulse Dempster from Davis St CTA/Metra Station in Line will provide Evanston to O’Hare International Airport, frequent service connecting the communities of: to stations approximately • Evanston • Park Ridge every half mile • Skokie • Des Plaines along the corridor. Pace is evaluating • Morton Grove • Rosemont the frequencies at which the current • Niles • Chicago Route 250 will continue to serve existing local stops along the corridor.

Preliminary Station Locations and Transit Connections

Connecting Transit Services • Pace and CTA bus routes • Pulse Milwaukee Line • CTA Purple Line • CTA Yellow Line • Metra Union Pacific Northwest Line • Metra Union Pacific North Line • O’Hare Airport Transit System (ATS) to the airport terminals • Metra O’Hare Transfer station (North Central Service line)

2015/2016 2017 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020 Project Pulse Dempster Environmental Design Construction Definition Review Line in Service Pulse Dempster Line Project Timeline s s s s Initial design Stakeholder s Finalize design Bid construction Begin Pulse concepts and outreach concepts and package Dempster Line s station locations Environmental and station locations s Public Hearings Service s s Data collection engineering analysis Stakeholder s Start construction s

outreach s Stakeholder Take delivery of s outreach Begin vehicle vehicles procurement Environmental Review & Station Location Process

Project Study Report Identifies a Range of Potential Station Locations In 2016, Pace initiated a project study to identify a range of station location options.

Early Stakeholder Input A Corridor Advisory Group (CAG) was formed to provide early input on station location alternatives and narrow the range of options for further consideration. City and village government officials, elected leaders, police and fire departments, school administrators, and transportation agencies among others were invited to participate as key stakeholders.

Preliminary Station Location Options (What you see here today on the boards)

Public/Stakeholder Environmental Engineering Input Considerations Considerations • Corridor Advisory Group • Hazardous materials • Access management (CAG) meetings and • Historic resources • Sidewalk connectivity input • Parks/trails • Detailed site survey • Public input – 2 sets • Environmental justice • Safety conflicts of public open house communities • Drainage events • Investigate any • Other physical site potentially hazardous constraints such as materials driveways and space needed for turning vehicles

FINAL STATION LOCATIONS

Public Outreach Environmental & Station Refinement Schedule Your input is needed to help finalize station locations! Share input 2017 2017 2017 2018 tonight through comment Spring Summer Fall Winter forms, speaking with project team members ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROJECT SCHEDULE and posting Post-it notes directly on • NEPA Kick-off • CAG Meeting #3 • Continued • CAG Meeting #4 • Public Meeting #1 Environmental/ • Public Meeting #2 Engineering Analysis location boards. Input • NEPA also collected online at Environmental PaceBus.com/Pulse. Document We Are Here Pulse Station Features

Below is a sample of potential Pulse station features. Exact station features and layout will be determined at a later date in consultation with municipalities and stakeholders.

• Near-level boarding platforms to • Vertical marker with Pulse branding expedite passenger boarding and real time information for easy • Heated shelters with seating station identification • Bicycle racks • Local and regional maps • Landscaping • Trash receptacles • Customizable features (in green) to reflect community character

Customizable Heated Railing Panels Shelters with Trash Custom Receptacle Vertical Panels Marker Bicycle Rack Landscaping

Concrete Bus Pad

12” Raised Platform with Heated Pavement Lee/Touhy Station Lee-Manheim/ Oakton Station Station Location and Context Station Location and Context