Have Your Say On Proposed Bus Changes At CTA, Pace Public Hearing

EVANSTON, IL — Pace and CTA will hold a public hearing later this month on a proposal to discontinue one bus route and and adjust the paths two others, the agencies announced. CTA Route 205, which runs from the Howard Street Red Line station to the Cook County Courthouse in Skokie, would be discontinued. Alternate service will be provided by the realignment of Pace routes 208 and 213.

The east-west Route 208, which goes between the Pace Northwest Transportation Center in Schaumburg and the Davis CTA Purple Line station will travel along Golf Road instead of Church Street west of Dodge Avenue.

Meanwhile, the north-south Route 213 will be extended to the Howard Street station, while removing service on Green Bay Road between Lake Cook Road and the Highland Park Metra station, adding school day-only service to Evanston Township High School and travel along Route 41 between Northbrook Court and Highland Park.

The public hearing regarding CTA Route 205 and Pace routes 208 and 213 for both agencies is scheduled for April 24 at the Levy Center in Evanston. The changes could take effect as soon as this summer.

The suggested changes result from the North Shore Transit Service Coordination plan, completed in December 2017. The joint-agency collaboration is anticipated to "reduce operating costs, but more importantly is expected to improve mobility," according to the study, which recommended the adjustment or addition of 21 different CTA and Pace routes.

Pace has posted a route-by-route summary of proposed changes, including new routes.

Want to have your say about it? Here's what you can do.

Submit comments to Pace prior to the public hearing via:
Pace, External Relations
550 West Algonquin Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
or to Pace's Online Hearing Comment Form or via email to public.hearings@pacebus.com

Or to the CTA via:
Assistant Secretary of the Board Gregory P. Longhini, Chicago Transit Authority
567 W. Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60661
Or via email until April 30 to glonghini1@transitchicago.com

Or attend the hearing:
Tuesday, April 24, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Levy Center, Linden Room
300 Dodge Avenue
Evanston, IL 60202

There will be a Spanish and ASL interpreter. Pace asked anyone who requires translation into another language or other accommodations to call 847-364-7223 (and select option 3 – voice) by April 16.