The “J” Line is part of the DuPage Area Transit Plan. The DuPage Area Transit Plan is intended to provide a fully integrated multimodal and regionally coordinated transit system for DuPage County. The plan includes a system of intra-county connectors and local circulators designed to feed into connector routes, as well as enhance mobility within the community. These are intended to function in concert with proposed BRT, Metra and Pace services. The “J” Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Route would provide a high-speed link from O’Hare and Schaumburg through Oak Brook, to Naperville and Aurora and to the proposed STAR Line. These are all regional employment or residential areas.
The line would operate initially in priority lanes on surface streets and employ a variety of new techniques and technologies to speed service. However, at full operation, the “J” route will provide high-speed service operating on an exclusive busway.
Community transportation centers may serve several transit routes. They will typically include all passenger amenities and be located at rail stations, community downtowns, shopping centers and other major activity centers. Community transportation centers might be appropriate in downtown Naperville, Yorktown Shopping Center and at the connection of the BRT with the Outer Circumferential Service on the EJ&E.
Regional transportation centers accommodate a large number of travelers and higher bus volume and frequency. A regional transportation center might be located at a major employment center or retail destination. A connection to regional transit routes such as the Cermak Road BRT or the Northwest Transit Corridor would be established here, as well as connections to community services. These centers would contain all passenger amenities and also retail or service activities. Regional transportation centers might be appropriate in locations such as Oak Brook or Schaumburg.
The “J” route will be part of Pace’s Rapid Transit Network.
The J-Line project will receive $237,500 for Alternatives Analysis in federal Fiscal Year 2009.
Project Information
Cost: Not identified.
Connectivity: The project connects to several existing rail lines, including the BNSF, UP-W, and MD-W, as well as a number of planned services including the STAR Line, Blue Line extension to Lisle, and Schaumburg-O’Hare transit service along the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway. The “J” route will be part of Pace’s Rapid Transit Network.
Safety and Security: the project will enhance safety by providing exclusive right-of-way to bus movements and more visible and protected passenger stops for users. J-Line may also provide evacuation route from incidents at any key activity center (e.g. O’Hare Airport, Oak Brook Mall, Naperville-Warrenville, Fox Valley) along route.
Bicycle and pedestrian accommodation: proposed stops will be integrated into existing and proposed local and regional bicycle and pedestrian networks.
Consistency with subregional plans: the “J” Line is part of the DuPage Area Transit Plan. The DuPage Area Transit Plan is intended to provide a fully integrated multimodal and regionally coordinated transit system for DuPage County. The “J” Line has also been endorsed as a major project by the Cook-DuPage Policy Committee as part of the Cook-DuPage Corridor Study (RTA).
Project Status
No Phase I engineering activities (e.g. alternatives analysis) have been scheduled thus far. This project presently has a year 2030 completion time frame.
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