cta crowding reduction plan
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CTA CROWDING
REDUCTION PLANSeptember 4, 2012
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SUMMARY OFCROWDINGREDUCTION PLAN
In a major initiative to meet growing ridership and improve ridercomfort throughout the system, the CTA proposes to add $16 millionin additional bus and train service to high-demand bus and trainroutes.
CTA ridership has risen 16 straight months, adding 22 million riderssince June 2011.
The additions to service will reduce the time between trains and buses
and lower peak crowd loads by between 10 percent and 15 percent inmost cases.
This proposed plan is the first system-wide, holistic review of theCTAs bus and rail service thats been done in 15 years.
The CTA will continue to routinely review and make adjustments toservice to ensure that service meets customers needs and provide itin a cost-effective manner.
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SUMMARY OFCROWDINGREDUCTION PLAN
Working with Northwestern Universitys TransportationCenter, the CTA is comprehensively restructuring itsroutes and schedules based on changing ridership
patterns.
The CTA proposes discontinuing routes that duplicate existingservice or that have extremely low ridership.
This plan adds service to some areas and beefs up service wheredemand has outstripped the traditional allocation of buses andtrains.
There is no net cost to CTA.
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HIGHLIGHTS OFCROWDINGREDUCTION PLAN
BusAdds service to 48 routes, including the busiest andmost crowded bus routes, by increasing service duringpeak times on congested routes and extending twoother routes.
Discontinues 12 duplicative or low-ridership routes anddiscontinues route segments on three routes nearlyall of which have nearby alternative transit options.
Rail
During weekday peak travel times, 17 rail trips will beadded to six lines, mostly on the Blue, Red and Brownlines, the CTAs busiest train lines.
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Overcrowding: Bus
Today:70passengersinabus
OVERCROWDING: BUS
Target: 45 55passengersperbus
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Overcrowding: Rail
Today:90+passengers
in
a
rail
car
OVERCROWDING: RAIL
Target: 70 75passengers
per
rail
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SERVICECHANGES
48 bus routesadditional service12 bus routesdiscontinue3 bus route segmentsdiscontinue6 rail linesadditional service
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Bus Routes With Added Service2 HYDEPARKEXPRESS
3 KINGDRIVE
4 COTTAGEGROVE
6 JACKSON PARKEXPRESS
8 HALSTED
9 ASHLAND
12 ROOSEVELT
14 JEFFERYEXPRESS
18 16th/18th
22 CLARK
26 SOUTHSHOREEXPRESS
29 STATE36 BROADWAY
49 WESTERN
50 DAMEN
53 PULASKI
53A SOUTHPULASKI
56 MILWAUKEE
59 59TH/61ST
63 63RD
65 GRAND
66 CHICAGO
67 67TH/69TH/71ST
70 DIVISION
72 NORTH
73 ARMITAGE
74 FULLERTON
75 74TH/75TH
76 DIVERSEY
77 BELMONT78 MONTROSE
79 79TH
80 IRVINGPARK
82 KIMBALL/HOMAN
87 87THSTREET
92 FOSTER94 SOUTHCALIFORNIA
111 111TH/KING DRIVE
115 PULLMAN/115TH
134 STOCKTON/LASALLEEXPRESS
135 CLARENDON/LASALLEEXPRESS
143 STOCKTON/MICHIGANEXPRESS
146 INNERDRIVE/MICHIGAN EXPRESS
147 OUTERDRIVEEXPRESS
151 SHERIDAN
152 ADDISON
155 DEVON
156 LASALLE
BUS ROUTESWITH ADDEDSERVICE
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Rail Frequency ImprovementsRAIL FREQUENCY IMPROVEMENTS
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Weekday Off-Peak
Weekday Peak Weekends
AM Peak PM PeakBlue Line: 3 added trips 1 added tripBrown Line: 2 added trips No changeRed Line: 2 added trips 3 added tripsPurple Line: 1 added trip 1 added tripOrange Line: 1 added trip 1 added tripGreen Line: 1 added trip 1 added tripTotal: 10 added trips 7 added trips
Red Line: Improve frequency from 8 to 7 minutes
during midday and early evening
Brown Line:
Improve frequency from 10 to 7 minutesduring the midday
Orange Line: Improve frequency from 10 to 8 minutes
during the midday
Red Line: Improve frequency from 7-10 to 5-7 minutes on
Saturday Run 8-car trains until 11 p.m. Sunday
Brown Line: Improve frequency from 10 to 7 minutes on
Saturday
Blue Line:
Improve frequency from 7 -12 to 5-7 minuteson Saturday
Improve frequency from 10-12 to 6-7 minutes onSunday
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EXAMPLES OFCROWDINGREDUCTION PLAN
Bus#8 Halsted, 8 a.m. frequency improved from 5.5 to 4.5 minutes (18%more service); average loads reduced from 54 to 48 passengers
#79 79th, 3:30 p.m. -- from 4 to 3.5-4 minutes (+14%); from 53 to 47
passengers#66 Chicago, 5:30 p.m. -- from 4.5 to 4 minutes (+13%); from 53 to 48passengers
#77 Belmont, 7 a.m. from 4.5 to 3.5 minutes (+27%); from 58 to 49passengers
RailRed Line, 4:30 p.m. frequency improved from 3.7 to 3.2 minutes (16%
more service); average loads reduced from 85 to 73 passengersBlue Line, 7 a.m from 4.5 to 4 minutes (+13%); from 83 to 74passengers
Brown Line, 7 a.m. -- from 4.7 to 4 minutes (+18%); from 80 to 68passengers
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Bus Service RestructuringBUS SERVICERESTRUCTURINGRoutesproposedfordiscontinuation Servicealternative#X28StonyIslandExpress Send#28downtownduringpeakinstead
#64FosterCanfield Alternativeservicevia#90andPace#209
#69Cumberland/EastRiver Reroute#81W
#122Ill.Center/OgilvieExpress Extend#120intoStreeterville
#123Ill.
Center/Union
Express Extend
#121
into
Streeterville
#129WestLoop/SouthLoop Alternativeserviceon#1,#29andGreenLine
#144Marine/MichiganExpress Addserviceto#148
#145Wilson/MichiganExpress Addserviceto#146
Total=8RoutesproposedfordiscontinuationthatareservedbyPace Servicealternative#17Westchester Pace#317
#49ASouthWestern Pace#349
#56ANorthMilwaukee Pace#270
#90NNorthHarlem Pace#423
Total=4ScheduleIntegrationwithPace Servicealternative#95WWest95th CoordinateservicewithPace#381
Total:1
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Bus Service RestructuringBUS SERVICERESTRUCTURING
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Routesegmenteliminations Servicealternative#1Indiana/HydePark(Discontinuesouthof35th) GreenLine,#29,#3
#11Lincoln/Sedgwick(eliminateservicebetweenWestern
&Fullertonandrenamesegments#11Lincolnand#37
Sedgwick)
BrownLine,#78,#80,#152,#77,#76;#49,#50,
#9
Total=2
Privatelycontractedroutes Renegotiatesubsidyoreliminateroute
#10
Museumof
Science
&
Industry Owleliminations
#33 MagMileExpress #N201Central/Sherman Owlservice
#X98AvonExpress (1:00a.m.to5:15a.m.)
#132 GooseIslandExpress Total:1#16969thUPSExpress
#170U
of
C/Midway Routecombinations
#171UofC/HydePark #111Pullman/111th/115th splitintotwonew
#172UofC/Kenwood routes: #111111th/KingDriveand#115
#192UofC/HospitalExpress Pullman/115th
Total=9 Total:1
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#11 Lincoln/Sedgwick#11 L INCOLN/SEDGWICKRoute follows Brown Linebetween Fullerton and Western
In most cases, the closest
Brown Line station to LincolnAvenue is a few blocks; Lincolnintersects the Brown Line atAddison and Paulina betweenWestern and Fullerton
Many businesses will still bewithin at most a half-milewalking distance to another busor train route
Map to come
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#X28 Stony Island Express#49A SOUTHWESTERN
Eliminate route (79th to135th streets)
Route overlaps withPace #349, whichserves 79th-135th streets
Map to come
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#122-#123; #144-#145 changes#122 , #123#122 IllinoisCenter/Ogilvie Expressroute substantiallyoverlaps #120Ogilvie/Wacker Express
#123 Illinois Center/UnionExpress routesubstantially overlaps#121 Union/WackerExpress
Both #120 Ogilvie/WackerExpress and #121Union/Wacker Expresswill extend service toStreeterville (Fairbanks,Chicago, McClurg)
Map to come
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#1 Indiana/Hyde Park#132 GOOSE ISLAND EXPRESS
Contracted route for William J. Wrigley Jr. Co. employees
CTA working to renegotiate private route connecting Wrigleys
Goose Island campus with Union, Ogilvie, LaSalle and VanBuren stations downtown; Metra Clybourn station
Savings from no longer subsidizing route can be reinvestedinto additional CTA service elsewhere
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#122-#123; #144-#145 changes
CONCLUSION
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