Pace (transit)
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| Pace | |
 Pace bus in traditional livery. |
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| Company Slogan | A Fresh Approach To Public Transportation |
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| Founded | 1983 |
| Headquarters | Arlington Heights, Illinois |
| Locale | Chicagoland |
| Service Area | Cook, Lake, Will, Kane, McHenry and Du Page |
| Service Type | Commuter |
| Routes | 240 |
| Fleet | 680 buses 719 vans 364 owned vehicles in paratransit service (per 2007 budget) |
| Fuel type | Diesel |
| Operator | Pace divisions or contract operators |
| Chief Executive | T.J. Ross |
| Website | http://www.pacebus.com/ |
Pace is the suburban bus division of the Regional Transportation Authority in the Chicago area. It was created in 1983 by the RTA Act, which established the formula that provides funding to CTA, Metra and Pace.
Pace's headquarters are in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Pace is governed by a 12 member Board of Directors comprised of current and former suburban mayors.
The six counties that Pace serves are Cook, Lake, Will, Kane, McHenry and Du Page. Some of Pace's buses also go to Chicago and Indiana. In some areas, notably Evanston and Skokie, Pace and Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) both serve the community.
Many of Pace's hubs are located at CTA rail stations (especially terminals) and Metra stations. CTA and Pace transit cards and passes are valid on both systems allowing seemless transfers. (However, since CTA no longer issues transfers with cash bus fares, it no longer accepts Pace transfers, either, but Pace transfers remain good between Pace routes.[1]) Metra fares are completely separate.
Pace buses generally have longer headways (often between 20 and 60 minutes) than CTA buses. Due to its broad geographic service area, service is provided by 9 operating divisions, as well as under agreements with several municipalities and private operators (school bus and motor coach companies).
All Pace buses are wheelchair accessible and have racks accommodating two bicycles, available during all hours of operation.
Pace buses provide service from the suburbs to various special events in the city, such as Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bears games, The Auto Show, and The Flower and Garden Show. Route 222 provides extra service to the Allstate Arena in Rosemont for events scheduled there, Route 284 to Six Flags Great America, and Route 386 for events at Toyota Park in Bridgeview.[2]
Pace is responsible for ADA paratransit service in its service area, and, effective July 1, 2006, for paratransit service in Chicago.[3] Pace also coordinates various Dial-a-Ride projects, usually sponsored by various municipalities and townships.[4] One of the largest is Ride DuPage, sponsored by Du Page County Human Services.[5]
Pace operates a Vanpool Incentive Program, where groups save by commuting together in a van owned and maintain by Pace and driven by one of the participants.[6] There is also a Municipal Vanpool Program, under which Pace provides a van to a municipality, for any public transportation purpose (such as demand response service for senior citizens).[7]
Pace is not an acronym, but a marketing name.[8]
Pace's operating budget for suburban service is projected to be over $166,000,000 in 2007, plus about $91,400,000 for regional paratransit service.[9]
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[edit] Operating divisions
- Fox Valley (North Aurora)
- Heritage (Joliet)
- North (Waukegan)
- North Shore (Evanston)
- Northwest (Des Plaines)
- River (Elgin)
- South (Markham)
- Southwest (Bridgeview)
- West (Melrose Park)
[edit] Municipal operators
[edit] Municipally supported shuttles and "trolley" services
- Downers Grove--The Grove Commuter Shuttle,[10] independent, but included in the Pace budget for recovery ratio purposes [11]
- Oak Park
- Oswego
- Schaumburg
[edit] Other major facilities
- South Holland Acceptance Facility
- McHenry Paratransit Facility
[edit] Bus fleet
| SERIES | TYPE | YEARS | LENGTH | ASSIGNED | NOTES |
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| 1920-1937 | Chance RT-52 | 1995 | 26' | NI, P | 1 |
| 2000-2084 | Orion I | 1990 | 35' | C | 1 |
| 2085-2129 | Orion I | 1990 | 40' | NS | 1 |
| 2200-2271 | Ikarus | 1992 | 40' | W, C | 1 |
| 2272-2291, 2378 | Orion I | 1993 | 35' | NS, NW, C | |
| 2292-2377 | Orion I | 1993 | 40' | N, NS, NW, S, C | |
| 2379-2400 | Nova Classic | 1997 | 40' | H, NS, SW, W | |
| 2401-2422, 2453 | NABI 40 LFW | 1999 | 40' | N, S | |
| 2423-2452 | NABI 35 LFW | 1999 | 35' | N, S | |
| 2500-2556 | El Dorado Transmark | 1997 | 29' | FV, NS, NW, W, C | 1 |
| 6000-6161 | Orion VI | 2000-2004 | 40' | NW, SW, W | |
| 6162-6261 | NABI 40 LFW | 2003 | 40' | H, NS, S, W | |
| 6262-6322 | NABI 40 LFW | 2005 | 40' | NS, W | 2 |
| 6600-6684 | NABI 35 LFW | 2003 | 35' | FV, H, HP, N, NS, R, S, C | |
| 6900-6907 | MCI D4000 | 2002 | 40' | S | |
| 2600-2702 | El Dorado EZ Rider II | 2006-2007 | 30' | FV, HP, NS, W | 2, 3 |
[edit] Notes
1. In process of being retired.
2. In the new blue livery.
3. Deliveries commenced in October 2006; projected fleet numbers based on press reports,[12] with options for up to 222 buses.
- Individual units in a series may be retired or out of service.
- Individual units may be scattered among other divisions.
- No buses with fleet numbers ending in 13 (i.e. 6262-6322 consists of 60 buses, and there is no 6313).
- Chance "American Heritage Streetcars" 1-7 operate in Schaumburg.
[edit] Abbreviations in the "Assigned" column
| C | Contract Operators |
| FV | Fox Valley |
| H | Heritage |
| HP | Highland Park |
| N | North |
| NI | Niles |
| NS | North Shore |
| NW | Northwest |
| P | Paratransit (also includes Dial-A-Ride, rural routes) |
| R | River |
| S | South |
| SW | Southwest |
| W | West |
[edit] Bus Routes
[edit] Fox Valley Division
- 521 - East Circulator
- 524 - West Circulator
- 528 - Aurora Transportation Center.-Rush-Copley Medical Center
- 529 - Randall Road - 5th Street
- 530 - West Galena-Westfield Fox Valley Center
- 532 - Illinois Avenue
- 533 - Molitor
- 534 - Fox Valley Villages/Route 59 Metra Station
- 535 - Fox Valley Shuttle
- 714 - College of DuPage-Naperville-Wheaton Connector
- 802 - Aurora-St. Charles
- 907 - Oswego- Aurora Metra Shuttle
- 921 - Mill Creek/Geneva Shuttle
[edit] Heritage Division
- 390 - Midway CTA-UPS Hodgkins ♠
- 501 - Forest Park-West Jefferson
- 502 - Cass/Marquette Gardens
- 503 - Black Road-Raynor Park
- 504 - South Joliet
- 505 - Rockdale-Lidice
- 506 - East Washington/East Lenox
- 507 - Plainfield
- 511 - Joliet-Elwood-Deer Run
- 831 - Joliet-Midway ♦
- 834 - Joliet-Yorktown
♠ Apparently supplements Southwest Division.
♦ Weekdays
[edit] North Division
- 272 - Golf Mill-Westfield Hawthorne-Milwaukee Avenue Corridor ‡
- 561 - Castlecrest via McAree
- 562 - Gurnee via Sunset
- 563 - Great Lakes Naval Station
- 564 - Jackson/14th
- 565 - Grand Avenue
- 566 - McAree-Keller
- 568 - Belvidere
- 569 - Lewis
- 570 - Fox Lake-Gurnee Mills via CLC
- 571 - Zion
- 572 - Westfield Hawthorn-Waukegan
- 573 - Green Bay Road
- 574 - North Conway Park Shuttle Bug
- 576 - Deerfield Metra-Buffalo Grove/Lincolnshire
- 580 - Vernon Hills Metra Station-Townline Road
- 581 - Buffalo Grove Metra Station to Lincolnshire
- 582 - Buffalo Grove Metra Station to Discover/Baxter
‡ Weekdays only; runs split with Northwest Division.
[edit] North Shore Division
- 210 - Lincoln Ave. †
- 213 - Green Bay Road
- 215 - Crawford-Howard
- 421 - Wilmette Avenue
- 422 - Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court †
- 423 - Linden CTA-The Glen-Harlem CTA †
- 426 - Northwestern University Evanston/Chicago
- 622 - Shuttle Bug 12
- 623 - Glen of North Glenview-Metra Station Allstate Shuttle
- 624 - Glen of North Glenview Metra Station-Willow/Sanders Shuttle Bug
- 625 - South Conway Park Shuttle Bug
- 626 - Skokie Valley Limited
- 627 - Discover-Takeda Shuttle Bug
- 628 - Braeside Shuttle Bug 8
- 629 - Braeside Shuttle Bug 9
- 631 - Lake Cook Shuttle Bug #1
- 632 - Lake Cook Shuttle Bug #2
- 633 - Lake Cook Shuttle Bug #3
- 634 - Lake Cook Shuttle Bug #4
- 635 - Lake Cook Shuttle Bug #5
- 639 - Lake Cook Shuttle Bug #7
- 1023 - Chicago-Lincolnshire
† Runs split with Northwest Division.
[edit] Northwest Division
- 208 - Golf Road
- 209 - Busse Highway
- 210 - Lincoln Avenue ♠
- 215 - Crawford-Howard ♥
- 221 - Wolf Road
- 222 - Allstate Arena
- 223 - Elk Grove-Rosemont CTA Station
- 225 - Central-Howard
- 226 - Oakton Street
- 230 - South Des Plaines
- 234 - Wheeling-Des Plaines
- 237 - Super Bears Shuttle
- 240 - Dee Road
- 241 - Greenwood-Talcott
- 250 - Dempster Street
- 270 - Milwaukee Avenue
- 272 - Golf Mill-Westfield Hawthorne-Milwaukee Avenue Corridor ‡
- 282 - Cubs Roundtripper
- 284 - Six Flags Great America Express
- 288 - Chicago Auto Show Express
- 290 - Touhy Avenue
- 422 - Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court ♠
- 423 - Linden CTA-The Glen-Harlem CTA ♠
- 610 - River Road-Prairie Stone Express
- 637 - Wood Dale Rosemont CTA
- 648 - Glenview Metra-AON
- 649 - Des Plaines Metra-AON
- 690 - Arlington Heights Road
- 694 - Central Road-Mt.Prospect Metra Station
♠ Runs split with North Shore Division.
♥ Sundays only
‡ Runs split with North Division.
[edit] River Division
- 541 - Northeast Elgin
- 542 - Grove
- 543 - Dundee-Carpentersville
- 544 - Chicago Street
- 546 - Orange-Walnut
- 547 - Wing Park
- 548 - Highland
- 549 - South Randall
- 550 - Big Timber-North Randall
- 552 - North State-Spring Hill Mall
- 554 - Elgin/Streamwood/Hoffman Estates/Schaumburg
- 556 - Elgin/UPS-Palatine
- 557 - The Hot Line-Barrington Road Corridor
- 801 - Elgin-Geneva
- 803 - Carpentersville Local
[edit] South Division
- 349 - South Western
- 350 - Sibley Blvd.
- 352 - Halsted
- 353 - 95th-Riverdale/Homewood
- 354 - Harvey-Tinley Park
- 355 - Lansing
- 357 - Lincoln Highway
- 358 - Torrence
- 359 - Robbins/South Kedzie Avenue
- 362 - South Park Forest
- 364 - 159th Street
- 366 - Park Forest-Chicago Heights
- 367 - University Park
- 370 - Harvey-Chicago Heights
- 395 - CTA 95th St Station-UPS Hodgkins ♠
- 397 - Blue Island/Moraine Valley College/UPS
- 451 - Southeast Homewood
- 452 - Northeast Homewood
- 460 - Hazel Crest Feeder
- 750 - Country Club Hills
- 753 - Matteson
- 877 - South Suburban Oakbrook Limited
- 888 - Tri-State Flyer
- 890 - South Suburbs UPS Hodgkins
- 891 - Gary, Indiana-UPS
- 892 - East Chicago, Indiana-UPS
♠ Apparently runs split with Southwest Division.
[edit] Southwest Division
- 379 - West 79th Street
- 381 - 95th Street
- 382 - Central/Clearing
- 383 - South Cicero
- 384 - Narragansett/Ridgeland
- 385 - 87th/111th/127th
- 386 - South Harlem
- 390 - Midway CTA-UPS Hodgkins
- 395 - CTA 95th St. Station-UPS Hodgkins
- 780 - Go Go Sox Express
- 831 - Joliet-Midway ♦
- 835 - Southwest Suburban Chicago Express
♦ Saturday only
[edit] West Division
- 301 - Roosevelt Road
- 302 - Ogden/Stanley
- 303 - Madison Street-19th Avenue
- 304 - Cicero-LaGrange
- 305 - Cicero-River Forest
- 307 - Harlem
- 308 - Medical Center
- 309 - Lake Street
- 310 - Madison Street-Hillside
- 311 - Oak Park Avenue
- 313 - St. Charles Road
- 315 - Austin-Ridgeland
- 317 - Westchester
- 318 - West North Avenue
- 319 - Grand Avenue
- 320 - Madison Street
- 322 - Cermak Road-22nd Street
- 325 - 25th Avenue
- 330 - Mannheim-LaGrange Roads
- 331 - Cumberland-5th Avenue
- 332 - River-York Roads
- 391 - Near West Suburbs-United Parcel Service
- 392 - Little Village-United Parcel Service
- 393 - Melrose Park-Addison United Parcel Service
- 394 - NW Chicago-UPS Addison
- 643 - NW Elmhurst-Elmhurst
- 645 - Elmhurst Industrial
- 747 - DuPage Connection
- 757 - Northwest Connection
- 767 - Congress/Douglas-Prairie Stone Connection
- 776 - Super Bears Shuttle-Yorktown
- 777 - Flower & Garden Show Shuttle-Schaumburg
- 778 - Flower & Garden Show Shuttle-Elmhurst
- 779 - Cubs Roundtripper-Yorktown
[edit] Municipal operations
- 411 - Niles Local Service
- 412 - Niles Shopper's Special
- 413 - Niles South End Special
- 461 - North Downers Grove
- 462 - Southwest Downers Grove
- 463 - Southeast Downers Grove
- 464 - West Downers Grove
- 471 - Highland Park-Deerfield
- 472 - Highland Park-Highwood
- 473 - Highland Park-Northbrook Court
- 475 - Ravinia Festival
- 906 - Oak Park Shuttle ♦
♦ Contractor hired by Oak Park
[edit] Contract operated
- 205 - Woodfield Shuttle/Golf Road
- 206 - Woodfield Shuttle/Woodfield Rd
- 207 - Woodfield Shuttle/Martingale Rd
- 326 - West Irving Park
- 600 - Northwest Express
- 602 - Higgins-Salem-Cedarcrest
- 606 - Northwest Limited
- 616 - The Chancellory Connection
- 653 - Bloomingdale-Glendale Heights
- 654 - South Glen Ellyn
- 657 - West Glendale Heights/Glen Ellyn
- 661 - Southwest Westmont Feeder
- 662 - South Central Westmont Feeder
- 663 - Darien-Clarendon Hills
- 664 - Willowbrook-Clarendon Hills
- 665 - Darien-Westmont
- 668 - Burr Ridge-Hinsdale Feeder
- 669 - Western Springs-Indian Head Park
- 673 - Fort Hill Express
- 674 - Southwest Lombard
- 675 - Route 59 Express
- 676 - Cress Creek
- 677 - Naperville-West Glens
- 678 - Naperville-Carriage Hill
- 680 - Naperville-Knoch Knolls
- 681 - Naperville-Saybrook
- 682 - Naperville-Brookdale
- 683 - Naperville-Ashbury
- 684 - Naperville-Maplebrook
- 685 - Naperville-West Wind Estates
- 686 - Naperville-Old Farm
- 687 - Naperville-Farmstead
- 688 - Naperville-Huntington
- 689 - Naperville-Hobson Village
- 696 - Woodfield-Arlington Heights-Randhurst
- 699 - Palatine-Woodfield-Elk Grove
- 706 - SW Glen Ellyn/SE Wheaton Feeder-College Avenue
- 707 - Southwest Wheaton
- 709 - Carol Stream-North Wheaton
- 711 - Wheaton-Carol Stream-Stratford Square-Schmale Feeder
- 712 - Wheaton Shuttle
- 713 - Wheaton-Naperville
- 715 - Central DuPage
- 781 - North Naperville Office Complexes
- 783 - Naperville Evening Service
- 784 - Lisle Evening Service
- 787 - Naperville Midday
- 788 - Midday Naperville
- 806 - Crystal Lake-Fox Lake
- 807 - Woodstock-McHenry via Wonder Lake
- 808 - Crystal Lake-Harvard
- 820 - University Heights-Hobson Creek Lisle
- 821 - Woodridge-Belmont Feeder
- 822 - Woodridge-Lisle Feeder
- 824 - East Bolingbrook-Lisle Feeder
- 825 - Central Bolingbrook-Lisle Feeder
- 826 - South Lisle
- 827 - Green Trails-Steeple Run
- 828 - North Lisle
- 829 - Lisle-Naperville Office Corridor
- 855 - I-55 Flyer
- 905 - Schaumburg Trolley
- 1012 - Sears/Prairie Stone
