Random Pace

[Pace831]

What to do about the 832 not running on weekends:

ORLAND PARK: [A man from] Country Club Hills was arrested and accused of reckless conduct March 10 at 159th Street and Wolf Road, after an officer spotted him riding on the flatbed trailer of an eastbound semi-tractor, police said. [The man] said he was trying to catch a bus at 159th Street and 94th Avenue - a little more than two miles away, police said.

[Mr.NewFlyer1051]

What’s a route that goes from rosemont to 95th close to red line via the expressway

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

8 hours ago, Mr.NewFlyer1051 said:

What’s a route that goes from rosemont to 95th close to red line via the expressway

I don't know any route that goes all the way from Rosemont to 95th, but you can take the Blue Line and switch to the Red Line downtown.

[Mr.NewFlyer1051]

1 hour ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

I don't know any route that goes all the way from Rosemont to 95th, but you can take the Blue Line and switch to the Red Line downtown.

Yea I know that but I would love to travel with pace from there all the way down 

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

1 minute ago, Mr.NewFlyer1051 said:

Yea I know that but I would love to travel with pace from there all the way down 

I checked Google Maps, but it says there is no Pace Bus route that does that route. I wish there was one too, but they have not planned on one yet.

[NewFlyerMCI]

10 hours ago, Mr.NewFlyer1051 said:

What’s a route that goes from rosemont to 95th close to red line via the expressway

Best you can do is 895 to Chicago Ridge Mall from Rosemont and then transfer to the 381

[Pace831]

2 hours ago, Erin Mishkin Jr. said:

I wish there was one too, but they have not planned on one yet.

Nor will they, as there's no need for Pace to duplicate CTA rail service.

[MetroShadow]

On 6/24/2019 at 8:48 PM, Mr.NewFlyer1051 said:

What’s a route that goes from rosemont to 95th close to red line via the expressway

895 to 381

 

weekends: 330 to 307 to 386 to 381

[chicagocubs6323]

7 minutes ago, MetroShadow said:

895 to 381

 

weekends: 330 to 307 to 386 to 381

*In order to catch 330 one has to take the Blue Line to O'Hare, take the shuttle bus from Terminal 2 to the E Lot Kiss-n-Fly and from there wait for the 330.

 

[pudgym29]

On 6/27/2019 at 8:32 AM, chicagocubs6323 said:

*In order to catch 330 one has to take the Blue Line to O'Hare, take the shuttle bus from Terminal 2 to the E Lot Kiss-n-Fly and from there wait for the 330.

 

You can do this. I did this in order to get to the Blue Nose Brwy. in Hodgkins with only two transfers.

[chicagocubs6323]

6 hours ago, pudgym29 said:

You can do this. I did this in order to get to the Blue Nose Brwy. in Hodgkins with only two transfers.

I've used the E Lot via shuttle bus/train before to connect from Blue Line to Pace buses.  But not with the 330; I use it to ride the #250 Dempster.  

[Pace831]

4 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

Not discrimination.  Before Pace became a reality, each garage was its own company with different unions, rates of pay, etc.  Though now under the Pace umbrella,  each garage still has its own rate of pay, union representation, etc.  There's even one garage with no union.

(Moved out of CTA 7900s topic)

Which garage has no union? North?

[artthouwill]

1 hour ago, Pace831 said:

(Moved out of CTA 7900s topic)

Which garage has no union? North?

The Evanston garage.

[RJL6000]

1 hour ago, artthouwill said:

The Evanston garage.

That's North Shore.

[andrethebusman]

Considering much of North Shore is ex Northwest, should be 1028 I would think.

[artthouwill]

18 hours ago, andrethebusman said:

Considering much of North Shore is ex Northwest, should be 1028 I would think.

When NS opened it was non union.  Are you saying that this has changed?

[andrethebusman]

On 7/16/2019 at 3:29 PM, artthouwill said:

When NS opened it was non union.  Are you saying that this has changed?

I am surprised Pace would get away with taking work away from a union. If NS were contract operated yes, but NS is Pace operated, isn't it? When 215 and 213 were moved there, I would think 1028 would have made bitch about this.

[artthouwill]

1 hour ago, andrethebusman said:

I am surprised Pace would get away with taking work away from a union. If NS were contract operated yes, but NS is Pace operated, isn't it? When 215 and 213 were moved there, I would think 1028 would have made bitch about this.

Maybe those moves were offset by the expansion and movements of 606 to NW.  

[andrethebusman]

606 was 1028 while at Academy.

 

[Dawnlight]

I notice Pace 290 now displays "CUMBERLAND CTA" instead of "CUMBLD CTA". Is Pace doing away with abbreviations? I noticed they also did this to Route 213 "HIGHLAND PARK" instead of "HIGHLAND PK"

[NewFlyerMCI]

Does anyone know why the 331 doesn't serve Forest Park and the southern portion south of Madison or Roosevelt isn't covered by another route? Are there consistent transfers to/from Metra at Maywood & Brookfield I'm just unaware of?

[Erin Mishkin Jr.]

4 hours ago, NewFlyerMCI said:

Does anyone know why the 331 doesn't serve Forest Park and the southern portion south of Madison or Roosevelt isn't covered by another route? Are there consistent transfers to/from Metra at Maywood & Brookfield I'm just unaware of?

I don't know why, but I think 310 and 317 and 320 do some of the portions that you are talking about.

[chicagocubs6323]

6 hours ago, NewFlyerMCI said:

Does anyone know why the 331 doesn't serve Forest Park and the southern portion south of Madison or Roosevelt isn't covered by another route? Are there consistent transfers to/from Metra at Maywood & Brookfield I'm just unaware of?

If you want Forest Park, transfer to 301 at Roosevelt.

[artthouwill]

On 9/28/2019 at 2:50 PM, NewFlyerMCI said:

Does anyone know why the 331 doesn't serve Forest Park and the southern portion south of Madison or Roosevelt isn't covered by another route? Are there consistent transfers to/from Metra at Maywood & Brookfield I'm just unaware of?

Actually the 308 and 331 both serve Loyola Medical Center and Hines VA.  The 308 serves Forest Park CTA.  South of there, the 322 serves the Pink Line.   Most people south of there use the Metra  BNSF.   As has been stated by others, the 301 (Roosevelt), 303, 310, 317, and 320 (Madison) all serve the Forest Park Terminal.   The 309 and 313 serves the Green Line,  and the 318 serves both the Green Line at Harlem and the Blue Line at Forest Park. 

[NewFlyerMCI]

17 minutes ago, artthouwill said:

Actually the 308 and 331 both serve Loyola Medical Center and Hines VA.  The 308 serves Forest Park CTA.  South of there, the 322 serves the Pink Line.   Most people south of there use the Metra  BNSF.   As has been stated by others, the 301 (Roosevelt), 303, 310, 317, and 320 (Madison) all serve the Forest Park Terminal.   The 309 and 313 serves the Green Line,  and the 318 serves both the Green Line at Harlem and the Blue Line at Forest Park. 

I'm aware of the service in the area, on a map level. I guess what my actual question was, why isn't the 331 two separate routes: split in pairs at 5th & Roosevelt? And was this because of established riding patterns I was unaware of (such as consistent transfers to/from Metra, riders who need Hines/Loyola, so on & so forth)? I was just wondering why I route that long didn't have a direct CTA connection on it's southern end.