the Chicago Streetcar, Executive Director jck@chicagostreetcar.com 312-810-1525 June 2014
Sustainable prosperity depends on our region s success in reducing congestion by promoting transportation options other than driving. GO TO 2040 Strasbourg
Streetcar Light rail
Tramway or rapid streetcar simple infrastructure dedicated lane traffic signal priority Rome
Tramway or rapid streetcar simple infrastructure dedicated lane traffic signal priority Matosinhos
Tramway or rapid streetcar simple infrastructure dedicated lane traffic signal priority Angers
Tramway or rapid streetcar simple infrastructure dedicated lane traffic signal priority Minneapolis
$57 million/mile 4,760 riders per mile Tramway or rapid streetcar simple infrastructure dedicated lane traffic signal priority Houston
$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
$59 million/mile 9,700 riders per mile Strasbourg
$59 million/mile 9,700 riders per mile Ridership Speed Development Strasbourg
84 passengers per driver Strasbourg
300 passengers per driver 84 passengers per driver Strasbourg
Population: 272,000 Strasbourg
Population: 2.7 million Michigan Avenue
Population: 883,000 Ottawa
Ottawa
Capital is scarce and labor is cheap Ottawa
Great for highways Bogata
Speed Melbourne
Slow transit is expensive.
3 stops/mile = 12.5 mph Zurich
Dedicated lane + traffic signal priority Strasbourg
Narrow Clark St
Clark St
Clark St
What if we prioritize differently on a handful of streets? Strasbourg
What if we differentiate our streets to accommodate all modes throughout the neighborhood? Strasbourg
Michigan Ave
Geneva
Houston can do it. Houston
Transit system or catalyst for development? Portland
Portland
Portland
$3.5 billion in ten years Portland
Portland
Steven Vance Chicago
Some potential routes...
Michigan Avenue North Ave Beach Gold Coast Esplanade Magnificent Mile Millennium Park McCormick Place The Loop Motor Row
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
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
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
Superloop Navy Pier Magnificent Mile Museum Campus Merchandise Mart Ogilvie Transportation Center Union Station
Madison Millennium Park The Loop Ogilvie Transportation Center United Center
Jackson The Loop Willis Tower Burnham Harbor Union Station
Clark Street Wrigley Field Chicago History Museum Lincoln Park Zoo North Avenue Beach
Clark Street Wrigley Field Chicago History Museum Lincoln Park Zoo Daley Plaza LaSalle St Metra
Clark Street Wrigley Field Chicago History Museum Lincoln Park Zoo Daley Plaza LaSalle St Metra
Busiest bus corridors North Lake Shore Chicago Michigan South Lake Shore Cottage Grove 79th St Clark State Madison
Core streetcar routes North Lake Shore Chicago Michigan South Lake Shore Cottage Grove 79th St Clark State Madison
Burnham s Boulevards
Outer Ring
Milwaukee
O Hare Airport Express
Archer Ave + Midway Express
122 miles = Denver (+ 18 miles of BRT)
1,056 miles = Chicago 1938 = $30 billion = L.A. 2008
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
cost-effective expansion of rapid transit Cost-effective expansion of rapid transit Denver
More riders per mile than the L at 10% of the capital cost Cost-effective expansion of rapid transit Strasbourg
Rapid transit in the heart of the neighborhood Strasbourg
Rapid transit in the heart of the neighborhood Dusseldorf
Boosts local business and local jobs Bremen
Boosts local business and local jobs Grenoble
Boosts local business and local jobs Kassel
Clears the way for safe cycling Copenhagen
Clears the way for safe cycling Linz
Tourist-friendly link to major attractions Linz
Tourist-friendly link to major attractions Nice
Tourist-friendly link to major attractions Bordeaux
Tourist-friendly link to major attractions Zagreb
Tourist-friendly link to major attractions Amsterdam
Transportation for the post-driving generation Reims
Transportation for the post-driving generation Reims
Transportation for the post-driving generation Berlin
Cost-effective rapid transit for a growing city jck@chicagostreetcar.com Zurich