1. The CTA Gray Line A Benefit for Chicago

2. Overall Plan Create New CTA Gray Line –On in-city Metra Electric ROW Use Existing Infrastructure Purchase of Service Agreement –Between CTA and Metra Results in Benefits

3. Gray Line Route 22 Miles 37 Stations Millennium Station to: –South Chicago- 93 rd St. –Kensington- 115 th St. –Blue Island- Vermont St. Gray Line Runs on Inside Tracks –Makes Local Stops Metra Electric and South Shore Run on Outside Tracks –Run Express

4. Operation Metra Operates Trains, Stations –Owns tracks, stations CTA Buys the Service from Metra Two Man Operating Crew –Tickets Collected via CTA Turnstiles Headways of 5 - 15 Minutes

7. What is Wrong With the Metra Electric Now? Trains Every 1-2 Hours No Station Guards Present –Reduced Security No Transfers With CTA Low Ridership

8. Metra Competes With CTA Express Routes Parallel Metra Electric –Wastes Resources Three Person Operating Crew on Metra –Costs More Money No Transfers Between CTA and Metra

9. Case Study 1 79 th Street Red Line vs. 79 th Street (Chatham) Metra Electric

10. Case Study 2 69 th St. Red Line vs. Stony Island Metra Electric

11. Case Study 3 87 th Street Red Line vs. 87 th St. (Woodruff) Metra Electric

12. Gray Line Benefits Communities Access to Jobs Jobs Created Within Communities Creates Community Center Around Station Creates Steady Customer Base for Nearby Businesses

13. Gray Line Benefits Communities Creates Transfer Stations –115 TH Kensington –Hyde Park –Blue Island More People= More Customers –More Money More Pedestrians More Transportation Options for Residents

14. Gray Line Benefits Communities New Development –Transit Oriented New Residents –Location Efficient Mortgages Reduced Pollution

15. Access To South Lakefront Attractions McCormick Place Museum of Science and Industry University of Chicago Pullman Historic District South Shore Cultural Center And More!

16. Chicago Olympics 2016 Rapid Transit Needed Between Olympic Venues Soldier Field McCormick Place 27th St. Olympic Village Washington Park Connects Olympics to Downtown

17. Benefits to University of Chicago Better Transportation to Downtown More People Taking Public Transportation to Hyde Park –Less Parking Lots Better Access –For Students –Teachers –Visitors

18. Benefits to Chicago Alternative to Gas Prices for Low-Income Residents Provides Mobility –Youth –Elderly –Disabled Connects City Neighborhoods

19. Benefits to Suburbs Suburban Metra Trains Run Express –From McCormick Place to Hyde Park –From Hyde Park to Kensington Creates CTA Rapid Transit Service in Suburbs –Calumet Park –Blue Island Faster, More Reliable Travel

21. RTA Benefits from the Gray Line Eliminates Competition on the South Side CTA Compensates Metra for Operating Electric In-City Trains

22. RTA Benefits from the Gray Line No Washrooms Needed on Gray Line Trains –No New Cars Need to be Purchased Only Two Operators on Gray Line –Save Money Better Utilization of Existing Infrastructure

23. Gray Line Benefits the Whole Region Reduced Congestion –Congestion Costs Chicago $4.3 Billion Each Year –Alternative to Dan Ryan Congestion Reduced Pollution Reduced Dependence on Foreign Oil Increased Connectivity Better Quality of Life

24. CTA Gray Line Project A Benefit for All of Chicagoland By Mike Payne, Arthur Ostrowski