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About the Project Key Benefits Job Access Source: CTA and Metra schedule data Damen to O’Hare with the Brown Line Extension Damen to O’Hare (Current CTA Bus and Rail) Travel Time to O’Hare (Estimated) 34 min 55 min The Brown Line Extension project could connect the line’s existing terminus at Kimball with the CTA Blue Line at Jefferson Park. This would provide dramatically improved access from the North Side to O’Hare, as well as better connections to Metra’s Union Pacific-Northwest Line and Pace’s forthcoming Arterial Rapid Transit (ART) bus line along Milwaukee Avenue. “Connecting the spokes” enhances the usability of existing transit lines. BROWN LINE EXTENSION 1 Regional Connectivity 2 Jefferson Park Kimball Elston Damen to Arlington Heights with the Brown Line Extension Damen to Arlington Heights (Current CTA bus and Metra) Travel Time to Arlington Heights (Estimated) 62 min 83 min 640,890 (+2.70%) 449,706 (+12.68%) 449,533 (+27.1%) 495,665 (+29.5%) 565,187 (+20.2%) Elston Kedzie Francisco Jefferson Park Kimball Jobs Accessible by Transit (30 minutes) What is Transit Future? Transit Future is a campaign to raise new funding for transit in Cook County. Launched in 2014, the campaign aims to establish a dedicated revenue source that could support up to $20 billion in transit expansion projects. This would transform Chicago’s hub-and-spoke rail network into a system that serves the needs of 21st-century commuters. Rapid Transit Lines and Extensions New Rail and BRT Stations Transit access for more people transitfuture.org @transit_future 11 95+ 385,000 Note: Job accessibility figures are based on implementation of the entire Transit Future system. Gray bars denote the number of jobs accessible from each station point within a 30 minute transit ride on the existing system; colored bars represent the change due to Transit Future. Source: Center for Neighborhood Technology, 2015
