{"id":413306,"date":"2025-11-29T17:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T17:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/413306\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T17:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T17:43:11","slug":"pace-bus-express-service-could-expand-to-chicagos-western-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/413306\/","title":{"rendered":"Pace Bus express service could expand to Chicago\u2019s western suburbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CHICAGO<\/strong> – Pace Suburban Bus<\/a> is asking for public input on potentially expanding its express bus service to the western suburbs.<\/p>\n

What we know:<\/p>\n

The agency has been studying the feasibility of bringing its “bus-on-shoulder” program to Interstate 290 and Interstate 88, which allows buses to bypass traffic congestion on the highway shoulder during rush hour.<\/p>\n

Such a service expansion would help connect commuters coming from major suburban hubs like Oak Park<\/a>, Forest Park<\/a>, Oak Brook<\/a> and Schaumburg<\/a> to Chicago, according to a Pace news release.<\/p>\n

The program is designed to “integrate seamlessly” with Metra and CTA rail service, officials said.<\/p>\n

What they’re saying:<\/p>\n

“This study is an important step in identifying ways to improve transit options for suburban commuters,” said Pace Executive Director Melinda Metzger in a statement. “By leveraging express bus service along I-290 and I-88, we have the opportunity to create a fast, frequent, and more sustainable travel option for thousands of riders. We encourage everyone to provide their input at the upcoming public open house.” \u00a0<\/p>\n

What you can do:<\/p>\n

Members of the public will be able to give their input about the possible expansion at a community meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 9, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Howard Mohr Community Center in Forest Park.<\/p>\n

Those not able to attend the meeting can take a survey to share their thoughts on proposed routes and stations. Visit PaceBus.com\/I-290-I-88-study<\/a> to take the survey and learn more about the project.<\/p>\n

News<\/a>Transportation<\/a>Chicago<\/a>Oak Brook<\/a>Oak Park<\/a>Forest Park<\/a>Schaumburg<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO – Pace Suburban Bus is asking for public input on potentially expanding its express bus service to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":413307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5404,17073,181419,5386,1818,50,110520,14703,14713,522,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-413306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-cook-county","10":"tag-dupage-county","11":"tag-forest-park","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-illinois","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-oak-brook","16":"tag-oak-park","17":"tag-schaumburg","18":"tag-transportation","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115634228804500407","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}