CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Adopt the Route 672 Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the attached agreement with Pace to establish the City share for service from the 95th Street Park-and-Ride to the Route 59 Metra Station at $102,119.27.
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Jennifer Louden, Deputy Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The following information provides Background and Discussion for this agenda item and the following two agenda items pertaining to the City of Naperville's financial contributions to Pace Suburban Bus Routes 672, 673 and 675.
The Route 59 and Naperville Metra Stations are the two busiest suburban stations within the entire Metra system. Parking at the two stations is in high demand. At the Naperville Station the current waitlist times for the Burlington/Parkview and Kroehler Lots are over twelve years and six years respectively. Daily fee spaces are typically fully occupied by 6:45 a.m. Limited quarterly permits are available for the Route 59 Station, however daily fee is in greater demand and the City recently converted 85 permit spaces to daily fee.
Because ridership levels far exceed the combined available vehicle parking between the two stations, the City of Naperville employs a multi-modal approach to address commuter access to the stations. Transit is a critical component of this approach. In addition to providing a key transportation alternative for commuters, transit helps reduce the amount of congestion around the stations and on the adjacent roadway network, particularly the congested north-south arterial roadways.
Pace Suburban Bus operates several transit routes that serve the Naperville and Route 59 Metra Stations. Express bus service is offered directly to and from three park-and-rides and the Route 59 Metra Station:
* Route 672 offers seven morning and eight evening trips to and from the 95th Street Park-and-Ride an...
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