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Pulse is an express bus service and a purported bus rapid transit [a] system operated by Pace, a bus and paratransit agency in the Chicago metropolitan area.Pulse lines incorporate some aspects of a bus rapid transit line like transit signal priority, but not others, including no bus lanes.
Many of Pace's route terminals are located at CTA rail stations and bus terminals and Metra stations. The CTA and Pace have shared a payment system since 2014 called Ventra. Ventra accounts are required to obtain transfers. [6] In 2015, Metra was added to the Ventra app. [7] Pace buses generally have longer routes than CTA buses.
The Elgin Transportation Center is the main local bus station in Elgin, Illinois, serving as the central hub for the Pace bus system in the Elgin area. The station is located next to the Elgin Metra terminal on the west bank of the Fox River.
Renumbered as Route 6 Local on January 24, 1982. Number reused on N5 South Shore Night Bus. 5B Yates/Colfax: 87th/Yates 104th/Torrence Daily 77th Created March 26, 1972. Renumbered 6B on January 24, 1982. 6 Van Buren: Downtown Van Buren/Kedzie Daily Kedzie Combined with 126 Jackson on April 8, 1956. 6 Garfield: Downtown 55th/Cicero Ave Daily 69th
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The RTA sales tax was increased to 1.25% in Cook County, and 0.75% in the collar counties (from 1% and 0.25%, respectively), but one-third of the sales tax collected in the collar counties (i.e. 0.25%) is distributed directly to the counties [39] and the county boards may use that money for transportation or public safety purposes.
It is the shortest route in the CTA rail system except during weekday peaks and rush hours. Prior to the color-coding of CTA rail lines in 1993, the Purple Line was known as the Evanston Line , Evanston Service or Evanston Shuttle , and the Purple Line Express was called the Evanston Express .
The original plans for Joliet Gateway Center included a bus terminal, which was omitted from the project following cost overruns. Pace committed additional funding for the construction of the bus station, and construction began in early 2021, over 10 years since the project's proposal. [11] The bus terminal opened in December 2021. [1]