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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

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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

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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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