METRA FACT BOOK 2019 Norman Carlson, Chairman Jim Derwinski, CEO/Executive Director TABLE of CONTENTS Overview 4 System Map 5 Ridership 6 By the Numbers 7 Benefits 8 Diversity 9 Mission, Vision and Strategic Goals 10 History 12 Metra Board of Directors 14 Operating Budget and Capital Program 15 2019 Funding Uses 16 Addressing Metra’s Capital Needs 17 How We Compare to Other Railroads 18 3 OVERVIEW Metra is one of the largest and most complex commuter rail systems in North America, serving Cook, DuPage, Will, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties in northeastern Illinois. The agency provides service to and from downtown Chicago with 242 stations over 11 routes totaling nearly 500 route miles and approximately 1,200 miles of track. Metra operates nearly 700 weekday trains, providing nearly 290,000 passenger trips each weekday. 25 percent of all U.S. freight rail traffic travels through the The Metra service area encompasses more than 3,700 square miles. Metra owns and operates four rail lines Chicago region.* (Rock Island, Metra Electric, Milwaukee District North and Milwaukee District West). Three Metra lines are operated by Metra employees over freight railroad-owned track through trackage rights or lease agreements (Heritage Corridor, North Central Service and SouthWest Service). Four additional Metra lines are operated directly by freight railroads through purchase-of-service agreements (BNSF, Union Pacific North, Union Pacific Northwest and Union Pacific West). * Source: Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program 4 UP-N o T ILLINOIS / WISCONSIN STATE LINE Kenosha Winthrop Harbor McHENRY Antioch NCS LAKE Zion MD-N Lake Villa UP-NW Fox Lake SYSTEM MAP Harvard Ingleside Round Lake Beach Long Lake Washington St. Waukegan McHenry Round Lake (Grayslake) Grayslake Prairie Crossing North Chicago Prairie Crossing N Great Lakes Woodstock Libertyville Lake Bluff LAKE Mundelein MICHIGAN Lake Forest Crystal Lake Cary Lake Union Pacific North Pingree Rd. Vernon Hills Forest Fort Sheridan UP-N Prairie View Highwood Chicago (Ogilvie Transportation Center) to Kenosha Fox River Grove Buffalo Grove Highland Park Deerfield Ravinia Barrington Braeside Lake Cook Wheeling North Central Service Rd. Glencoe NCS Northbrook Hubbard Woods Chicago (Union Station) to Antioch KANE COOK Palatine Prospect Winnetka Heights N. Glenview Indian Hill Arlington Park Kenilworth MD-W Arlington Heights Glenview Wilmette Milwaukee District North Big Timber Central St. (Evanston) Mt. Prospect Golf MD-N Chicago (Union Station) to Fox Lake Elgin Cumberland Des Plaines Davis St. (Evanston) O'H Dee Road Morton Grove Main St. (Evanston) National St. are Trans Park (Elgin) Bartlett fer Edgebrook Rogers Park Ridge Hanover Park Schaumburg Roselle Edison Park Medinah Ro Forest Glen Union Pacific Northwest Itasca semon Norwood Park ood Dale t W Schiller Park Gladstone Park Mayfair Bensenville Jefferson Park UP-NW Franklin Ravenswood Chicago (Ogilvie Transportation Center) to Harvard Par Irving k k DU PAGE r Park a P Grayland River Grove n Elmwood Park so Mont Clare n Mars Clybourn ve. Galewood Healy Ha d A UP-W o n Milwaukee District West o r t Elmhurst Franklin Park e Villa Park Mannheim est Chicago r t Berkeley CHICAGO k k r es W Lombard Grand/ W a Mayw Oa P Rive Fores MD-W Glen Ellyn Cicero Elburn Winfield College Chicago (Union Station) to Elgin/Big Timber Wheaton d k o r o a La Fox P ve. Van Buren A Geneva Kedzie ergne Museum Campus/11th St. ose Bellw wyn r V r Cicero el d 18th St. La e M t Be rn Union Pacific West Harlem te McCormick Place Riverside Hals Hollywood Wes 27th St. estern Springs ville W r 35th St./ Hinsdale Clarendon Hills k (Downers Grove) UP-W (Downers Grove) 47th St. Chicago (Ogilvie Transportation Center) to Elburn “Lou” Jones r a ve. P 53rd St. Nape Route 59 Aurora A 55th-56th-57th St. ess Brookfield r ve. Summit 59th d Lisle A slan r I e ong 63rd ony Maw Stone St yn hor C Br h S k out Par La Grange Rd. S or BNSF Railway Main St. Belmont Highlands s estmont view Wrightwood 75th Wind r W Ashburn 79th 79th St. est Hinsdale Brainerd Fai 83rd 83rd St. BNSF BNSF W Chicago (Union Station) to Aurora Willow Springs Oak 91st St. Gresham 87th 87th St. Lawn 95th St. 91st St. 93rd St. 95th St. Chicago Ridge 99th St. 95th St. 103rd St. 103rd St. 107th St. 107th St. Worth 111th St. Washington Heritage Corridor Hghts. 111th St. (Pullman) WILL 115th St. Palos Heights 119th St. 115th St. (Kensington) . e e Lemont 123rd St. n St e e Av t HC k Prairie Ridg Av a Palos Park a t Chicago (Union Station) to Joliet ullma ine d St O Vermont St. (Blue Island) c W. P hland Ra SS urr ewar slan B Romeoville I 143rd St. As St 137th St. Hegewisch Robbins lue To S. (Orland Park) B Bend Midlothian 144th St. (Riverdale) Rock Island 153rd St. 147th St. (Ivanhoe) (Orland Park) Oak Forest (Sibley Blvd.) Lockport Harvey RI Chicago (LaSalle Street Station) to Joliet Tinley Park Hazel Crest 179th St. Calumet New Lenox (Orland Park) Tinley Park/ HC 80th Ave. Homewood SouthWest Service Hickory Creek Flossmoor Joliet Mokena-Front St. SWS Olympia Fields Chicago (Union Station) to Manhattan RI 211th St. (Lincoln Hwy.) Laraway Road Matteson (New Lenox) Metra Electric Richton Park ME University Park ILLINOIS / INDIANA STATE LINE ME Chicago (Millennium Station) to University Park Manhattan SWS 5 METRA RIDERSHIP by RESIDENCE RIDERSHIP 2% 17% 40% 41% Nearly 50 percent of all work tripstrips Five Collar Counties Suburban Cook County Chicago Outside the Region from the suburbs to * Source: 2016 Metra Origin Destination Survey downtown Chicago are METRA RIDERSHIP by ETHNICITY made on Metra. 6% 7% 13% 73% About 90 percent of all Metra trips are made commuting to work. Caucasian Black/African-American Hispanic/Latino Asian/Asian-Pacific * Source: 2014 Metra Customer Satisfaction Survey 6 **NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding. BY the NUMBERS 76.1 million passenger trips in 2018 854 diesel railcars 690 weekday trains 186 electric railcars 260 Saturday trains 847 bridges 173 Sunday trains 565 grade crossings 242 train stations 24 rail yards 1,155 miles of track 90,626 parking spaces 488 route miles 12 fuel facilities 164 locomotives 7 BENEFITS Riding Metra saves the average commuter more than six days of travel time every year (that’s 12 hours a month) and nearly $2,000 a year, or $166 a month, compared to driving. Twenty-seven additional expressway lanes would have to be added to the existing expressway network to accommodate Metra riders. • Every $1 invested in public transportation generates approximately $4 in economic returns. • One person with a 20-mile round-trip commute who switches from driving to public transit can reduce his or her carbon emissions by 20 pounds a day or more than 4,800 pounds a year. • Public transportation provides personal mobility and freedom for everyone, including people with disabilities and older adults. • A study found that compared to drivers, public transportation users were: ° 44 percent less likely to be overweight; ° 27 percent less likely to have high blood pressure; and ° 34 percent less likely to have diabetes. 402 Source: American Public Transportation Association 8 DIVERSITY Metra is committed to workforce diversity From 2015 to 2018, Metra committed $131 and inclusion in the employment process. million in contracts to Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) firms. During that time, the value of contracts awarded to DBE firms increased by 41 percent. METRA’S WORKFORCE* DBE CONTRACTING DIVERSITY* 2% <1% 22% 21% 38% 44% 19% 32% 21% Caucasian Hispanic/Latino Black/African-American Non-Minority Women Hispanic/Latino Asian Other Black/African-American Asian/Asian-Pacific *Data through Dec. 31, 2018 9 MISSION, VISION and STRATEGIC GOALS As part of a regional transportation network, Metra provides safe, reliable, efficient commuter rail service that enhances the economic and environmental health MISSION of northeast Illinois. 10 To be a world-class commuter rail agency linking communities throughout the region by: VISION • Providing the safest, most efficient and reliable service to our customers • Sustaining our infrastructure for future generations • Leading the industry in achieving continuous improvement, innovation and transparency • Facilitating economic vitality throughout northeast Illinois Prioritize safety and security awareness Optimize Invest in capital assets workforce Deliver quality Ensure STRATEGIC customer service financial stability GOALS 11 HISTORY June 8, 1984: The Commuter Rail Service Board, newly created by the Illinois Legislature, meets for the first time. July 12, 1985: The Commuter Rail Service Board adopts the word “Metra” as a service mark. Aug. 1, 1985: The first locomotive painted with Metra’s blue and orange colors makes its debut. It is named after Kane County. May 1, 1987: Metra buys the Illinois Central Gulf’s electric commuter line between Chicago and University Park, with the two branch lines to Blue Island and South Chicago, for $28 million. It is renamed the Metra Electric. The ICG’s Joliet-to-Chicago route, part of the deal, is renamed the Heritage Corridor. Sept. 3, 1987: Metra completes the acquisition of the two Milwaukee lines from the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul. The lines had been operated by the RTA and then Metra since 1982. July 16, 1989: Service begins at the new Route 59 Station on the BNSF Line. That station is now by far Metra’s busiest. Oct. 24, 1991: Amtrak shows off the $32 million renovation of Chicago Union Station. April 1992: Metra completes the $75 million renovation of the Rock Island Line’s LaSalle Street Station. May 28, 1993: Metra announces that it will assume control of the commuter operations on the Norfolk Southern tracks and rename the line the SouthWest Service.