North Shore PACE Cuts

November 1st, 2007 by Kelly

Here’s some quick and dirty info on this weekend’s anticipated PACE cuts that’ll affect North Shore commuters:

The 210 Weekday Route is being discontinued. This means people using this route, which serves Glenview, Skokie, Morton Grove and Lincolnwood, will have to find alternate routes and/or transportation. There are some alternatives:
• At Glenbrook Hospital, Route 270 service is available to and from the Jefferson Park CTA terminal, with connections en route with Pace Routes 208 Golf Rd., 226 Oakton St., 250 Dempster St., 290 Touhy Ave. and 423 Linden CTA - The Glen - Harlem CTA.
• At Glenview/Harlem, passengers can access Routes 422 and 423; Metra-Milwaukee District North line service is available at the Glenview Metra Station.
• At Waukegan/Golf, passengers can access Pace Route 208.
• Along Dempster between Waukegan and Ferris, passengers can access Pace Route 250.
• At Niles Center/Oakton, passengers can access Pace Route 226.
• At Lincoln/Touhy, passengers can access Pace Route 290.
• At Lincoln/McCormick, passengers can access CTA Routes 11 and 82.

Saturday service on Route 422 will be discontinued. This bus serves Glenview, Skokie, Wilmette and Northbrook. Here’s a few alternatives:
• Evanston area residents wishing to get ot Northbrook Court can access Route 213, which runs between the Davis Station and Northbrook Court via Green Bay Road.
• Evanston area residents looking to head in the direction of Old Orchard (Skokie) via Golf Rd. can use Route 208 from the Davis Station.
• The Metra-Milwaukee District North line may be an alternative for passengers traveling to or from areas near the Glenview or Northbrook station.

Saturday service on the 423 Linden will be discontinued. This route serves Glenview, Wilmette, Winnetka, Golf, Kenilworth and Northfield. PACE offers theser alternatives:
• Alternate service for the Sheridan Rd. portion of the route is available via Pace Route 213 on Green Bay Road, which operates to and from the Davis CTA/Metra Station, or the nearby Metra-UP North rail line.
• The Metra-Milwaukee District North line may be an alternative for passengers traveling to or from areas near the Glenview or Glen of North Glenview station.
• Along the Harlem Ave. portion of the route, service is available on east-west Routes 208 Golf Road, 250 Dempster and 290 Touhy; passengers may use these routes in combination with Route 270 Milwaukee Ave. to travel to and from the CTA Blue Line. (Route 270’s southern terminal is the Jefferson Park station.)
• Between Northwest Hwy. and the Harlem CTA Station, CTA Route 88 provides service on Harlem Ave. (southbound only as the end of a loop).

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