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1 the Chicago Streetcar, Executive Director June 2014

2 Sustainable prosperity depends on our region s success in reducing congestion by promoting transportation options other than driving. GO TO 2040 Strasbourg

3 Streetcar Light rail

4 Tramway or rapid streetcar simple infrastructure dedicated lane traffic signal priority Rome

5 Tramway or rapid streetcar simple infrastructure dedicated lane traffic signal priority Matosinhos

6 Tramway or rapid streetcar simple infrastructure dedicated lane traffic signal priority Angers

7 Tramway or rapid streetcar simple infrastructure dedicated lane traffic signal priority Minneapolis

8 $57 million/mile 4,760 riders per mile Tramway or rapid streetcar simple infrastructure dedicated lane traffic signal priority Houston

9 $25 million/mile 1,117 riders per mile Why would you invest in streetcars when you could build much more BRT for the same cost? Cleveland

10 $59 million/mile 9,700 riders per mile Strasbourg

11 $59 million/mile 9,700 riders per mile Ridership Speed Development Strasbourg

12 84 passengers per driver Strasbourg

13 300 passengers per driver 84 passengers per driver Strasbourg

14 Population: 272,000 Strasbourg

15 Population: 2.7 million Michigan Avenue

16 Population: 883,000 Ottawa

17 Ottawa

18 Capital is scarce and labor is cheap Ottawa

19 Great for highways Bogata

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21 Speed Melbourne

22 Slow transit is expensive.

23 3 stops/mile = 12.5 mph Zurich

24 Dedicated lane + traffic signal priority Strasbourg

25 Narrow Clark St

26 Clark St

27 Clark St

28 What if we prioritize differently on a handful of streets? Strasbourg

29 What if we differentiate our streets to accommodate all modes throughout the neighborhood? Strasbourg

30 Michigan Ave

31 Geneva

32 Houston can do it. Houston

33 Transit system or catalyst for development? Portland

34 Portland

35 Portland

36 $3.5 billion in ten years Portland

37 Portland

38 Steven Vance Chicago

39

40 Some potential routes...

41 Michigan Avenue North Ave Beach Gold Coast Esplanade Magnificent Mile Millennium Park McCormick Place The Loop Motor Row

42 Lake Shore Light Rail Loyola University Foster Beach Montrose Beach Belmont Harbor Nature Museum Lincoln Park Zoo North Ave Beach Gold Coast Esplanade Magnificent Mile The Loop Millennium Park Motor Row McCormick Place Replaces 8,800 current bus boardings per mile Highest ridership per mile in North America 2.7 times as many as the average CTA train line Faster than the Red Line from Bryn Mawr to Madison

43 GRAND CHICAGO DIVISION NORTH ARMITAGE FULLERTON DIVERSEY BELMONT ADDISON IRVING PARK MONTROSE LAWRENCE FOSTER BRYN MAWR Wrigley Field McCormick Place N E W Lincoln Park Zoo N E W N E W Loyola University N E W Gold Coast Esplanade PROTECT A B Lincoln Park Dunes REROUTE C RECONNECT Barrier Island D Edgewater Sports Campus RESTORE Navy Pier REDEFINE THE DRIVE The purpose of the project is to improve NLSD as a multi-modal transportation facility for moving people; to improve its impact on the lakefront, the parks, and the city around it; and to help prepare Chicago for a future of growth without congestion. > Find it on our Facebook page

44 Cottage Grove & 57th North Ave Beach Gold Coast Esplanade Magnificent Mile Millennium Park The Loop Motor Row McCormick Place Obama Presidential Library DuSable Museum Museum of Science & Industry University of Chicago UofC Medical Center

45 Superloop Navy Pier Magnificent Mile Museum Campus Merchandise Mart Ogilvie Transportation Center Union Station

46 Madison Millennium Park The Loop Ogilvie Transportation Center United Center

47 Jackson The Loop Willis Tower Burnham Harbor Union Station

48 Clark Street Wrigley Field Chicago History Museum Lincoln Park Zoo North Avenue Beach

49 Clark Street Wrigley Field Chicago History Museum Lincoln Park Zoo Daley Plaza LaSalle St Metra

50 Clark Street Wrigley Field Chicago History Museum Lincoln Park Zoo Daley Plaza LaSalle St Metra

51 Busiest bus corridors North Lake Shore Chicago Michigan South Lake Shore Cottage Grove 79th St Clark State Madison

52 Core streetcar routes North Lake Shore Chicago Michigan South Lake Shore Cottage Grove 79th St Clark State Madison

53 Burnham s Boulevards

54 Outer Ring

55 Milwaukee

56 O Hare Airport Express

57 Archer Ave + Midway Express

58 122 miles = Denver (+ 18 miles of BRT)

59 1,056 miles = Chicago 1938 = $30 billion = L.A. 2008

60 An appealing alternative to driving Faster and more reliable service Rapid, level boarding through multiple doors right from the sidewalk Glides along on rails instead of bumping and rattling over potholes Long, high-capacity vehicles Strasbourg

61 cost-effective expansion of rapid transit Cost-effective expansion of rapid transit Denver

62 More riders per mile than the L at 10% of the capital cost Cost-effective expansion of rapid transit Strasbourg

63

64 Rapid transit in the heart of the neighborhood Strasbourg

65 Rapid transit in the heart of the neighborhood Dusseldorf

66 Boosts local business and local jobs Bremen

67 Boosts local business and local jobs Grenoble

68 Boosts local business and local jobs Kassel

69 Clears the way for safe cycling Copenhagen

70 Clears the way for safe cycling Linz

71 Tourist-friendly link to major attractions Linz

72 Tourist-friendly link to major attractions Nice

73 Tourist-friendly link to major attractions Bordeaux

74 Tourist-friendly link to major attractions Zagreb

75 Tourist-friendly link to major attractions Amsterdam

76 Transportation for the post-driving generation Reims

77 Transportation for the post-driving generation Reims

78 Transportation for the post-driving generation Berlin

79 Cost-effective rapid transit for a growing city jck@chicagostreetcar.com Zurich