Pulse is an express bus service and bus rapid transit system operated by Pace, a bus and paratransit agency in the Chicago metropolitan area.
History A system of express bus services operated by Pace was proposed as far back as 2014. One line was to run along Milwaukee Avenue from the Jefferson Park Transit Center, serving the Blue Line and the Union Pacific Northwest Line, to the Golf Mill Shopping Center. Despite delays, the Pulse Milwaukee Line opened on August 11, 2019.
Another express bus service was planned to run from O'Hare Airport to Evanston mostly via Dempster Street. The Dempster Line opened on August 13, 2023, at a cost of $10 million; however, buses only ran on Sundays. Services on the Dempster Line began running daily on October 29, 2023.
Services Milwaukee Line
The Milwaukee Line (internally designated as route 100) entirely runs along Pace bus route 270 from the Jefferson Park Transit Center to the Golf Mill Shopping Center. The line primarily travels along Milwaukee Avenue.
Stations The entire route is in Cook County, Illinois. LocationStationConnections and notesChicagoJefferson Park Chicago "L": : CTA buses: Pace: 225, 226, 270 CTA buses: Pace: 225, 226 CTA bus: Niles Pace: 290, 411Chicago–Niles Pace: 410, 411, 423Niles Pace: 226, 410, 411 Pace: 410 Pace Pulse: Pace: 250, 410Golf Mill Pace: 208, 240, 241, 270, 272, 410, 411, 412
Dempster Line
The Dempster Line (internally designated as 101) entirely runs along Pace bus route 250 from O'Hare Multi-Modal Facility, which directly connects to O'Hare International Airport via the Airport Transit System, to a station hub on Davis Street in Evanston. The majority of the line travels along Dempster Street.
Stations The entire route is in Cook County, Illinois. LocationStationConnections and notesChicago to O'Hare Airport : Pace: 250, 330Rosemont–Des Plaines Pace: 223W, 223EDes Plaines Pace: 221 Pace: 226Des Plaines Metra: Pace: 208, 209, 226, 230, 234Des Plaines–Park RidgePark Ridge–Niles Pace: 241, 411Niles Pace Pulse: Pace: 270, 410Niles–Morton Grove Pace: 410, 423Morton Grove Pace: 210SkokieDempster–Skokie CTA Chicago "L": CTA buses: Pace: 626 Pace: 215Evanston CTA buses: Davis CTA/Metra Chicago "L": : CTA buses: Pace: 208, 213, 250
Future Pace is planning to add two more Pulse lines, both of which will be located in the South Side of Chicago and the south suburbs. One line will mostly run along 95th Street from the Moraine Valley Community College to the Red Line's 95th/Dan Ryan station; another will mostly run along Halsted Street from Harvey station on the Metra Electric District line to the same Red Line station that the 95th Street Line will end.
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External links
Official webpage for Pace Pulse