2017 FACT BOOK Norman Carlson, Chairman Don Orseno, Executive Director/CEO
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 Metra s Biggest Challenge 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 241 stations over 11 routes totaling nearly 500 route miles and approximately 1,200 miles of track. Metra operates more than 700 weekday trains, providing about 300,000 passenger trips each weekday. The Metra service area encompasses more than 3,700 square miles. Metra owns and operates four rail lines (Rock Island, Metra Electric, Milwaukee North and Milwaukee 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). 25 percent of all U.S. freight traffic travels through Chicago. 4
SYSTEM MAP UP-NW Harvard ILLINOIS / WISCONSIN STATE LINE McHENRY MD-N Antioch Fox Lake Ingleside NCS Lake Villa Round Lake Beach LAKE To Kenosha Winthrop Harbor Zion UP-N UP-N NCS MD-N UP-NW MD-W UP-W BNSF HC RI SWS ME Union Pacific North Chicago (Ogilvie Transportation Center) to Kenosha North Central Service Chicago (Union Station) to Antioch Milwaukee District North Chicago (Union Station) to Fox Lake Union Pacific Northwest Chicago (Ogilvie Transportation Center) to Harvard Milwaukee District West Chicago (Union Station) to Elgin/Big Timber Union Pacific West Chicago (Ogilvie Transportation Center) to Elburn BNSF Railway Chicago (Union Station) to Aurora Heritage Corridor Chicago (Union Station) to Joliet Rock Island Chicago (LaSalle Street Station) to Joliet SouthWest Service Chicago (Union Station) to Manhattan Metra Electric Chicago (Millennium Station) to University Park UP-W Elburn La Fox Woodstock Crystal Lake Pingree Rd. KANE MD-W National St. (Elgin) Aurora McHenry Cary Fox River Grove Big Timber Geneva BNSF Elgin West Chicago Route 59 Bartlett Long Lake Round Lake COOK Winfield Hanover Park Naperville Schaumburg DU PAGE Wheaton College Ave. WILL Lockport HC Joliet Grayslake Prairie Crossing Barrington Libertyville Palatine Prospect Heights Arlington Park Arlington Heights Mt. Prospect Cumberland Lisle Roselle Medinah Glen Ellyn RI Mundelein Belmont Lombard Itasca Main St. (Downers Grove) Washington St. (Grayslake) (Downers Grove) Wood Dale Villa Park Fairview Ave. Westmont Clarendon Hills Lemont New Lenox Manhattan Vernon Hills Prairie View Prairie Crossing Buffalo Grove Wheeling O'Hare Transfer Bensenville Elmhurst Lake Forest Deerfield Rosemont Schiller Park Franklin Park Berkeley Mannheim West Hinsdale Hinsdale Highlands Western Springs Stone Ave. 153rd St. (Orland Park) 179th St. (Orland Park) 143rd St. (Orland Park) Lake Cook Rd. Northbrook N. Glenview Waukegan North Chicago Great Lakes Lake Bluff Lake Forest Fort Sheridan Highwood Highland Park Ravinia Braeside Glencoe Hubbard Woods Winnetka Indian Hill Kenilworth Wilmette Central St. (Evanston) Glenview Golf Des Plaines Dee Road Morton Grove Park Ridge Edgebrook Edison Park Norwood Park Gladstone Park River Grove Franklin Park Maywood Bellwood Melrose Park Laraway Road (New Lenox) SWS La Grange Rd. Congress Park Brookfield Palos Park Jefferson Park Elmwood Park River Forest Hollywood Riverside Harlem Ave. Berwyn Tinley Park Mont Clare Mars Galewood Hanson Park Oak Park LaVergne Summit Oak Forest Forest Glen Mayfair Grand/ Cicero Cicero Tinley Park/ 80th Ave. Hickory Creek Mokena-Front St. Irving Park Grayland Healy Kedzie Western Western Wrightwood Ashburn Willow Springs Oak 91st St. Lawn 95th St. Chicago Ridge Palos Heights Worth 99th St. 103rd St. 107th St. 111th St. 115th St. 119th St. 123rd St. Prairie Vermont St. (Blue Island) Robbins Midlothian ME Davis St. (Evanston) Main St. (Evanston) Halsted Rogers Park Ravenswood Clybourn CHICAGO 35th St./ Lou Jones 55th-56th-57th St. 59th 63rd Brainerd Burr Oak Blue Island Ashland Ave. Racine Ave. Harvey Hazel Crest Calumet Homewood Flossmoor Olympia Fields 211th St. (Lincoln Hwy.) Matteson Richton Park University Park LAKE MICHIGAN Van Buren Museum Campus/11th St. 18th St. McCormick Place 27th St. 137th St. (Riverdale) 144th St. (Ivanhoe) 147th St. (Sibley Blvd.) 47th St. 53rd St. Stony Island Bryn Mawr South Shore 75th 79th 79th St. 83rd 83rd St. Gresham 87th 87th St. 91st St. 93rd St. 95th St. 95th St. 103rd St. Washington 107th St. Hghts. 111th St. (Pullman) 115th St. (Kensington) W. Pullman Stewart Ridge N State St. SS Hegewisch Windsor Park To S. Bend ILLINOIS / INDIANA STATE LINE 5
RIDERSHIP METRA RIDERSHIP by RESIDENCE 2% 17% Nearly 50 percent of all work trips from the suburbs to downtown Chicago are made on Metra. Five Collar Counties 40% 41% Suburban Cook County Chicago Outside the Region METRA RIDERSHIP by ETHNICITY About 90 percent of all Metra trips are made commuting to work. 13% 6% 7% 73% Caucasian Hispanic/Latino 6 Black/African-American Asian/Asian-Pacific
BY the NUMBERS 80.4 709 308 175 241 1,155 488 149 million passenger trips in 2016 weekday trains Saturday trains Sunday trains train stations miles of track route miles locomotives 845 186 823 571 24 90,779 12 diesel railcars electric railcars bridges grade crossings rail yards parking spaces fuel facilities 7
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. 402 8
DIVERSITY Metra is committed to workforce diversity and inclusion in the employment process. From 2014 to 2016, Metra committed $82 million in contracts to Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) firms. During that time, the value of contracts awarded to DBE firms increased by 31 percent. METRA S WORKFORCE 2% DBE CONTRACTING DIVERSITY 21% 19% 46% 22% 31% 31% 28% Caucasian Hispanic/Latino Women Hispanic/Latino Black/African-American Asian Black/African-American Asian (Data Through December 31, 2016) 9
MISSION, VISION and STRATEGIC GOALS MISSION As part of a regional transportation network, Metra provides safe, reliable, efficient commuter rail service that enhances the economic and environmental health of northeast Illinois. 10
To be a world-class commuter rail agency linking communities throughout the region by: Providing the safest, most efficient and reliable service to our customers Sustaining our infrastructure for future generations VISION Leading the industry in achieving continuous improvement, innovation and transparency Facilitating economic vitality throughout northeast Illinois Prioritize safety and security awareness STRATEGIC GOALS Optimize capital assets Deliver quality customer service Ensure financial stability Invest in workforce 11
HISTORY 12 June 8, 1984: July 12, 1985: Aug. 1, 1985: May 1, 1987: Sept. 3, 1987: July 16, 1989: Aug. 9, 1991: Oct. 24, 1991: April 1992: May 28, 1993: December 1994: April 1995: Aug. 18, 1996: Oct. 15, 1997: The Commuter Rail Service Board, newly created by the Illinois Legislature, meets for the first time. The Commuter Rail Service Board adopts the word Metra as a service mark. The first locomotive painted with Metra s blue and orange colors makes its debut. It is named after Kane County. Metra buys the Illinois Central Gulf s electric commuter line between Chicago and University Park, with the two branch lines to Blue Island and South Chicago, for $28 million. The ICG s Joliet to Chicago route, part of the deal, is renamed the Heritage Corridor. Metra completes the acquisition of the two Milwaukee lines, which had been operated by the RTA and then Metra since 1982. Service begins at the new Route 59 Station on the BNSF Line. That station is now by far Metra s busiest. Metra announces a major reconstruction of the Chicago & North Western terminal at Canal Street and Madison Street. Amtrak shows off the $32 million renovation of Union Station. Metra completes the $75 million renovation of the Rock Island Line s LaSalle Street Station. Metra announces that it will assume control of the commuter operations on the Norfolk Southern tracks and rename the line the SouthWest Service. The SouthWest Service is extended from 153rd Street to 179th Street. Union Pacific Railroad completes purchase of the Chicago & North Western and assumes control of its three commuter lines in Chicago. Metra launches the North Central Service, the first new commuter route in Chicago in more than 70 years. A year after completing a major $141 million rehab of the Union Pacific terminal, the facility is renamed the Ogilvie Transportation Center after the former Illinois governor.
HISTORY Dec. 13, 2000: Jan. 12, 2001: Metra approves a $400 million order to buy 300 cars from Nippon Sharyo, the largest procurement of railcars in Metra history. Metra approves a $79.4 million order for 27 new MP36-3S locomotives from Motive Power Industries. Dec. 5, 2004: Jan. 23, 2006: December 2008: Dec. 3, 2009: August 2010: May 6, 2011: Oct. 9, 2014: Oct. 23, 2014: Nov. 19, 2015: Aug. 25, 2016: Metra shows off a rehabbed Millennium Station. Metra opens an extension of the UP West Line to La Fox and Elburn. A week later, Metra opens four new stations and expands service on the North Central Service Line. On the same day, it expands service on the SouthWest Service Line and opens an extension to Manhattan. Metra provides 86.8 million passenger trips in 2008, the highest ever. It remains Metra s record year. MetraMarket opens at the Ogilvie Transportation Center. Metra approves a $585 million order to buy 160 new Highliner cars for the Metra Electric Line from Nippon Sharyo. Nippon Sharyo builds a factory in Rochelle, Ill., to build the cars. Metra opens the new Lou Jones/35th Street Station on the Rock Island Line near Guaranteed Rate Field. Metra unveils a 10-year modernization plan focused on replacing the agency s aging railcars and locomotives and addressing the ongoing critical need to maintain safe and reliable service. Metra celebrates the opening of the $142 million Englewood flyover, a major railroad bridge that eliminated a significant source of train delays on the South Side of Chicago. Metra, CTA and Pace launch the new Ventra App, which allows Metra riders to buy and display Metra mobile tickets with their smartphones using a credit or debit card or Ventra account. Metra receives the final two cars of its 160-car order for the Metra Electric Line, completing a 2010 purchase to outfit the line with a completely new and modern fleet. 13
METRA BOARD of DIRECTORS NORMAN CARLSON CHAIRMAN MANUEL BARBOSA DIRECTOR MARTIN J. OBERMAN DIRECTOR ROMAYNE C. BROWN VICE CHAIRMAN STEVEN PALMER DIRECTOR RODNEY S. CRAIG DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY JOHN E. PARTELOW DIRECTOR DON A. DE GRAFF DIRECTOR JOHN PLANTE DIRECTOR KEN KOEHLER DIRECTOR JOHN P. ZEDIKER DIRECTOR 14
OPERATING BUDGET and CAPITAL PROGRAM More than 50 percent of Metra s operating costs are funded by fares. For 2017, Metra s total budget is $1.06 billion, with $781.2 million for operations and $279.5 million for capital. Metra covers slightly more than half of its operating budget with fare revenue, with the rest primarily coming from the regional transportation sales tax. For its capital budget, Metra relies on federal, state and local funding (including bond programs), with a small amount of fare revenue. 2017 FUNDING SOURCES 2017 OPERATING FUNDS 2017 CAPITAL FUNDS $3.7 $1.0 $32.1 $357.5 $419.1 $67.5 $170.9 $4.0 $5.0 ($ MILLIONS) Fare Revenue Sales Taxes RTA Innovation, Coordination and Enhancement Transportation Security Grant Totals $357.5 419.1 1.0 3.7 $781.2 ($ MILLIONS) Federal Transit Administration Federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) RTA Innovation, Coordination and Enhancement RTA State of Good Repair Bonds Metra 2017 Farebox Revenues Totals $170.9 4.0 5.0 67.5 32.1 $279.5 15
2017 FUNDING USES 2017 OPERATING BUDGET 2017 CAPITAL PROGRAM $13.9 $16.6 $6.2 $260.4 $20.2 $17.0 $90.5 $51.4 $181.2 $41.0 $104.7 $146.8 $49.0 $61.8 ($ MILLIONS) ($ MILLIONS) Transportation Engineering Mechanical Administration Diesel fuel Metra Electric electricity Claims and insurance Downtown stations TOTAL $260.4 146.8 181.2 104.7 51.4 6.2 13.9 16.6 $781.2 Rolling stock PTC, communications technology, signals and systems Track, bridges and other infrastructure Rail yards, facilities and equipment Train stations Other capital support activities TOTAL $90.5 61.8 49.0 41.0 17.0 20.2 $279.5 16
METRA S BIGGEST CHALLENGE Safe and reliable rail service depends on perpetual maintenance of capital assets, including track, signals, rolling stock, communications equipment and buildings. For many years, Metra has been falling behind on these investments. Metra s system has many aging components approaching or past their useful lives, and federal, state and local funding has not kept pace with our needs. Over the next 10 years, Metra needs to invest nearly $1.2 billion annually on capital improvements: $590 million annually to maintain our existing system $610 million annually to return to a state of good repair That s $12 billion over the next decade. However, over the next four years, we anticipate having less than $300 million in funding to spend annually about $900 million less than what we need to spend each year. This unsustainable situation threatens the future viability of the important service Metra provides. 17
HOW WE COMPARE to OTHER RAILROADS OPERATING COST PER PASSENGER MILE AVERAGE AGE OF FLEET (YEARS) PEER AVERAGE $0.53 PEER AVERAGE 18.8 $0.43 $0.44 $0.49 $0.55 $0.58 $0.60 13.7 14.2 16.8 22.0 25.8 27.3 New Jersey Transit Metra Metro-North Railroad Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority Long Island Rail Road Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Long Island Rail Road Metro-North Railroad New Jersey Transit Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority Metra Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority * 2015 data * 2015 data 18
$10.00 $9.00 $8.00 $7.00 $6.00 $5.00 $4.00 $3.00 $2.00 METRA ONE-WAY FARES* vs. CPI and PEERS METRA vs. PEER AGENCY PEAK ONE-WAY FARES* $22 $20 $18 $16 $14 $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $2 $0 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 Zone A B C D E F G H I J K L M Metra Fare Average Peer Fare * Zone E average MONTH Oct 2016 CPI Adjusted Metra Fare 2017 Metra Fare METRA ON-TIME PERFORMANCE vs. PEERS Metra Long Island Rail Road Metro-North Railroad New Jersey Transit Metra Long Island Metro-North 2017 Rail Road Railroad New Jersey Southeastern Massachusetts Transit Pennsylvania Bay Transit Transit Authority Authority * All 2016 data except Metra which is 2017 data Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority Nov 2016 Dec 2016 2016 Q4 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 19
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