Sam92 Posted December 8, 2023 Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 6 hours ago, OneofthewillsNW said: today at work, I met an angry bus. Must've had an 13-18 hour block ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted December 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2023 7 hours ago, OneofthewillsNW said: today at work, I met an angry bus. 26 minutes ago, Sam92 said: Must've had an 13-18 hour block ? I've seen a couple like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted June 3 Report Share Posted June 3 Ridership charts for March 2024 for Pace routes by garage/division 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Mishkin Jr. Posted June 3 Report Share Posted June 3 307 and 318 appear to be West's busiest routes, might be coming from the Green Line at Harlem/Lake 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 4 Author Report Share Posted June 4 2 hours ago, NewFlyerMCI said: Ridership charts for March 2024 for Pace routes by garage/division Interesting for River is that the only route that has any ridership is 606, which isn't anywhere near Elgin; of course, half the trips are out of NW. There doesn't seem enough to justify much of any Elgin local service. 2 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: 307 and 318 appear to be West's busiest routes, might be coming from the Green Line at Harlem/Lake They also connect with the Blue Line, although CTA statistics indicate more boardings at Harlem/Green Line than at Forest Park and Harlem/Blue Line. 307 would have done even better if CTA 90 had not resulted in cut backs on 307. Harlem and North Ave. are heavy corridors, nonetheless. West is also skewed in that 303/310/317 and 309/313 share the same corridor east of 19th-Madison and Melrose Park, respectively. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 23 hours ago, Busjack said: nteresting for River is that the only route that has any ridership is 606, which isn't anywhere near Elgin; of course, half the trips are out of NW. There doesn't seem enough to justify much of any Elgin local service. I'm also guessing that all Sunday service is handled by NW. I'd be interested in seeing a deadhead map for the 606, I also wonder if it's interlined with the 607, which starts much closer to River. Speaking of the 607, I can't recall a greater mismatch between riders served and # trips running. 33 trips/day on weekdays with an average of 32 passengers a day, I'm surprised this route hasn't been converted to peak only or eliminated yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewFlyerMCI Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 23 hours ago, Busjack said: West is also skewed in that 303/310/317 and 309/313 share the same corridor east of 19th-Madison and Melrose Park, respectively. Updated with respective routes combined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 5 Author Report Share Posted June 5 55 minutes ago, NewFlyerMCI said: I'm also guessing that all Sunday service is handled by NW. I'd be interested in seeing a deadhead map for the 606, I also wonder if it's interlined with the 607, which starts much closer to River. Speaking of the 607, I can't recall a greater mismatch between riders served and # trips running. 33 trips/day on weekdays with an average of 32 passengers a day, I'm surprised this route hasn't been converted to peak only or eliminated yet. At least what was the practice was that a 607 became a 600. Also,, 607 is an East Dundee route while 606 is an Elgin route (and seems to now use 30 ft buses on River runs). The I-90 express buses had a 3-year grant to develop ridership. I suppose Pace is using Covid money so as not to kill the project. But compare to 877/888/895, which were suspended (also 610 and 616 in the I-90 corridor). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renardo870 Posted June 5 Report Share Posted June 5 (edited) On 6/3/2024 at 5:15 PM, Erin Mishkin Jr. said: 307 and 318 appear to be West's busiest routes, might be coming from the Green Line at Harlem/Lake 322 Cermak/22nd St is the West's 3rd busiest route even though it shares the route with the CTA 21 Cermak from 54th Pink Line Terminal to North Riverside Mall. Edited June 5 by renardo870 Added info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorTank1229 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 I checked this out yesterday in Skokie while getting some food from Portillo’s… Pace #208 is still somehow on the newly texted bus stop signs along Skokie Boulevard. I assume it was meant to be #215 since #208 stopped running down Skokie for years. So kinda wondering how someone forgot about that, nor why the error hasn’t yet been corrected. 🤨 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artthouwill Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 2 hours ago, TaylorTank1229 said: I checked this out yesterday in Skokie while getting some food from Portillo’s… Pace #208 is still somehow on the newly texted bus stop signs along Skokie Boulevard. I assume it was meant to be #215 since #208 stopped running down Skokie for years. So kinda wondering how someone forgot about that, nor why the error hasn’t yet been corrected. 🤨 There are still signs with 757 in the Woodfield area and along Golf Rd. The 895 sign is still up at Rosemont as is the 610. And of course the 877 and 888 signs are still up in Oak Brook and Lombard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busjack Posted June 7 Author Report Share Posted June 7 30 minutes ago, artthouwill said: There are still signs with 757 in the Woodfield area and along Golf Rd. The 895 sign is still up at Rosemont as is the 610. And of course the 877 and 888 signs are still up in Oak Brook and Lombard. What's different in @TaylorTank1229's example is that it is a comparatively new CTA sign (as indicated by the boxes around the route numbers), thus showing that cooperation is not what it should be, while you are complaining about Pace not removing signs for suspended routes. But I noted a mess-up totally of Pace's doing on active routes. There's a sign for 208/213 "H" Trips on Dodge north of Simpson (2100 N), but the 208 bus runs on Emerson (1900 N) to the turn at Dodge. Apparently someone posted a sign intended for ETHS on the wrong corner (only bus that goes by there is 213H). That is a valid stop on the 213 Posted Stops Only list, although I don't think at least one stop with the described sign on Church is. On the other hand, the sign in question is not on the 208 Posted Stops Only list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardL803 Posted August 1 Report Share Posted August 1 Does anyone know where I can find a list that shows discontinued Pace bus routes by the year they went out of service? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarNWSider773 Posted August 8 Report Share Posted August 8 Are more "Pace System Route Index Books" from the past available online? http://irm-cta.org/RouteDescriptions/IndexBooks/Pace/PaceRtDescr_1988-03.pdf http://irm-cta.org/RouteDescriptions/IndexBooks/Pace/PaceRtDescr_1989-02.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urbanguy0508 Posted September 6 Report Share Posted September 6 Here's a web map that shows the routes that were part of Pace's bus network during various years from 2000 to 2022. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1_qGwUmvJM5QuWn428zKWW5OQcTQo-mg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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