2019 Metra Fact Book

2019·2.6 MB·English

by  METRA

METRA
FACT BOOK
2019
Norman Carlson, Chairman
Jim Derwinski, CEO/Executive Director
TABLE of
CONTENTS
Overview 4
System Map 5
Ridership 6
By the Numbers 7
Benefits 8
Diversity 9
Mission, Vision and Strategic Goals 10
History 12
Metra Board of Directors 14
Operating Budget and Capital Program 15
2019 Funding Uses 16
Addressing Metra’s Capital Needs 17
How We Compare to Other Railroads 18
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OVERVIEW
Metra is one of the largest and most complex commuter
rail systems in North America, serving Cook, DuPage,
Will, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties in northeastern
Illinois. The agency provides service to and from
downtown Chicago with 242 stations over 11 routes
totaling nearly 500 route miles and approximately 1,200

miles of track. Metra operates nearly 700 weekday trains, 2255 ppeerrcceenntt
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square miles. Metra owns and operates four rail lines
(Rock Island, Metra Electric, Milwaukee District North and
Milwaukee District West). Three Metra lines are operated by
Metra employees over freight railroad-owned track through
trackage rights or lease agreements (Heritage Corridor, North
Central Service and SouthWest Service). Four additional
Metra lines are operated directly by freight railroads through
purchase-of-service agreements (BNSF, Union Pacific
North, Union Pacific Northwest and Union Pacific West).
* Source: Chicago Region Environmental and Transportation Efficiency Program
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RIDERSHIP METRA RIDERSHIP by RESIDENCE
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* Source: 2016 Metra Origin Destination Survey
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METRA RIDERSHIP by ETHNICITY
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7%
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Caucasian Black/African-American
Hispanic/Latino Asian/Asian-Pacific
* Source: 2014 Metra Customer Satisfaction Survey
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**NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.
BY the
NUMBERS
76.1 854
million passenger trips in 2018 diesel railcars
690 186
weekday trains electric railcars
260 847
Saturday trains bridges
173 565
Sunday trains grade crossings
242 24
train stations rail yards
1,155 90,626
miles of track parking spaces
488 12
route miles fuel facilities
164 locomotives
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BENEFITS
Riding Metra saves the average commuter more than six days of travel time every
year (that’s 12 hours a month) and nearly $2,000 a year, or $166 a month, compared to
driving. Twenty-seven additional expressway lanes would have to be added to the existing
expressway network to accommodate Metra riders.
• Every $1 invested in public transportation generates approximately $4 in economic
returns.
• One person with a 20-mile round-trip commute who switches from driving to public
transit can reduce his or her carbon emissions by 20 pounds a day or more than 4,800
pounds a year.
• Public transportation provides personal mobility and freedom for everyone, including
people with disabilities and older adults.
• A study found that compared to drivers, public transportation users were:
° 44 percent less likely to be overweight;
° 27 percent less likely to have high blood pressure; and
° 34 percent less likely to have diabetes.
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Source: American Public Transportation Association
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DIVERSITY
Metra is committed to workforce diversity From 2015 to 2018, Metra committed $131
and inclusion in the employment process. million in contracts to Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (DBE) firms. During that time,
the value of contracts awarded to DBE firms
increased by 41 percent.
METRA’S WORKFORCE* DBE CONTRACTING DIVERSITY*
2% <1%
22%
21%
38%
44%
19%
21%
32%
Caucasian Hispanic/Latino Black/African-American Non-Minority Women Hispanic/Latino
Asian Other Black/African-American Asian/Asian-Pacific
*Data through Dec. 31, 2018
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MISSION, VISION and
STRATEGIC GOALS
As part of a regional
transportation
network, Metra
provides safe,
reliable, efficient
commuter rail service
that enhances
the economic and
MISSION
environmental health
of northeast Illinois.
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