Pace is the suburban bus and regional paratransit division of the Regional Transportation Authority serving the Chicago metropolitan area . It was created in 1983 by the RTA Act, which established the formula that provides funding to the CTA , Metra , and Pace. The various agencies providing bus service in the Chicago suburbs were merged under the Suburban Bus Division, which rebranded as Pace in 1984. In 2022, Pace had 18.041 million riders.
24-511: Johnsburg may refer to some places in the United States: Johnsburg, Illinois Johnsburg, Indiana Johnsburg, Minnesota Johnsburg, New York Johnsburg, Wisconsin [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
48-569: A van owned and maintained by Pace and driven by one of the participants. There is also a Municipal Vanpool Program, under which Pace provides a van to a municipality, for any public transportation purpose (such as demand response service for senior citizens ). Given Pace's large service area, it is broken up into eleven operating divisions. Additionally, Niles , Highland Park and Schaumburg operate routes on behalf of Pace. In 2011, Pace received its first diesel-electric hybrid buses from Orion Bus Industries . These Orion VII buses were
72-672: A dead end street" and "Those wild dogs brought back that smell of falling snow and the girl who lives in Johnsburg across a bridge I cannot cross." Pace (Transit) Pace is headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois and is governed by a 13-member Board of Directors, 12 of which are current and former suburban mayors. The remaining director is the Commissioner of the Chicago Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, who represents
96-487: A library, schools, and other services, for solutions. (Sunnyside had been incorporated in 1956.) Sunnyside and Johnsburg leaders struck an informal agreement that allowed Sunnyside to annex the surrounding area, thereby tripling its size, but required it to rename itself Johnsburg. After Sunnyside completed the annexation in 1992, the Sunnyside Village Board legally renamed its municipality to Johnsburg. Johnsburg
120-468: A song called "Johnsburg, Illinois" in 1982. He included it on his album of the following year Swordfishtrombones . It is a short, poignant love poem to his wife, Kathleen Brennan , who grew up in the village. The country music duo The Handsome Family (formerly of Chicago) referred to Johnsburg in the title track of their album In the Air , in the lyrics "Last night at the bridge to Johnsburg I swerved down
144-520: Is a northwestern suburb of Chicago with a population of 6,355 as of the 2020 U.S. census. The area that came to be known as Johnsburg was first settled in 1841, five years after the founding of McHenry County, by immigrant families escaping religious persecution and oppressive social conditions in the Eifel region of Germany, predominantly the Mayen-Koblenz ." (The congregation is known today as St. John
168-415: Is located at 42°23′9″N 88°14′9″W / 42.38583°N 88.23583°W / 42.38583; -88.23583 (42.385796, -88.235942). According to the 2010 census, Johnsburg has a total area of 7.674 square miles (19.88 km ), of which 7.08 square miles (18.34 km ) (or 92.26%) is land and 0.594 square miles (1.54 km ) (or 7.74%) is water. Johnsburg lies within the watershed of
192-457: Is provided by eleven operating divisions (see below), as well as under agreements with several municipalities and private operators ( school bus and motor coach companies). Pace buses provide service from the suburbs to various special events in the city, such as Routes 282 and 779 for Chicago Cubs games, Routes 773, 774 and 775 for Chicago White Sox games, Routes 236, 768, 769 and 776 for Chicago Bears games, Route 222 provides extra service to
216-546: The Chicago Transit Authority provide service. Many of Pace's route terminals are located at CTA rail stations and bus terminals and Metra stations. The CTA and Pace have shared a payment system since 2014 called Ventra . Ventra accounts are required to obtain transfers. In 2015, Metra was added to the Ventra app. Pace buses generally have longer routes than CTA buses. Due to its geographic service area, service
240-778: The Gothic style, began in 1867. This church took thirteen years to complete and was the pride of the Johnsburg community until it was destroyed by a fire on February 19, 1900. Many of the early settlers' grave markers were also destroyed by the fire. The present St. John the Baptist church was dedicated in 1902. By 1990, a group of citizens living in this unincorporated area of McHenry County had come to fear that their community, known for over 100 years as Johnsburg, would be swallowed or divided by surrounding municipalities. They turned to their neighbors in Sunnyside, an adjacent village with which they shared
264-524: The "Wildcats," serves 6 - 8. Up until 2016, James C. Bush Elementary School served grades 3 and 4 (grade 5 was located at JJHS). Johnsburg Elementary School, the "Bloodhounds", now serves grades 3 - 5. Johnsburg Ringwood Primary Center also known as "The Ringwood Rockets" serves children from PreK - grade 2. The start of the 2008-09 school year brought the steepest enrollment in District 12 schools in five years, when 93 fewer students enrolled. Tom Waits wrote
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#1732851680101288-673: The Allstate Arena in Rosemont for events scheduled there, Route 284 to Six Flags Great America , Route 307 for events at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview . The majority of Pace bus routes run daily, seven days a week. Other routes run Monday through Saturday, weekdays only, or weekday rush hours only. One route, 352 Halsted, runs 24 hours a day/seven days a week, and four routes 390, 392, 395 and 890, run only for weekday UPS shifts changes. During weekday rush hours, Pace buses are authorized to use
312-403: The Baptist.) They built their first church in 1842, a simple log cabin that also functioned as a school and meeting hall. The first priest to serve this new congregation was delivered there by friendly Native Americans who found him lost in the woods of Wisconsin. The church served the community until 1850, when a larger frame church was built to replace it. Construction on a third church, built in
336-526: The Fox river. As of October 2018, a Pace bus route between the nearby municipalities of Crystal Lake , McHenry , and Fox Lake also serves Johnsburg. The closest rail transit is the McHenry commuter rail station, one of the termini of Metra 's Union Pacific/Northwest Line . As of the census of 2000, there were 5,391 people, 1,760 households, and 1,501 families residing in the village. The population density
360-422: The age of 18 living with them, 73.9% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.7% were non-families. 11.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.06 and the average family size was 3.32. In the village, the population was spread out, with 30.6% under
384-463: The age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males. The median income for a household in the village was $ 69,864, and the median income for a family was $ 73,491. Males had a median income of $ 51,832 versus $ 30,893 for females. The per capita income for
408-456: The city's paratransit riders. Pace serves Cook County, Illinois (where Chicago is located), as well as Lake , Will , Kane , McHenry , and DuPage counties, which are the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area . Some of Pace's bus routes also go to Chicago and Northwest Indiana . In some areas, notably Evanston , River Forest , Oak Park , Cicero , and Skokie , both Pace and
432-459: The largest is Ride DuPage, sponsored by Du Page County Human Services. All Pace buses are wheelchair accessible and have racks accommodating one bicycle , available during all hours of operation. Pace claims itself as the nation's largest paratransit service provider, providing approximately 17,000 daily trips on paratransit, dial-a-ride and ADvAntage vanpools. Pace operates a Vanpool Incentive Program, where groups save by commuting together in
456-497: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnsburg&oldid=932917862 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Johnsburg, Illinois Johnsburg is a village in McHenry County , Illinois . It
480-710: The shoulder of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway , Edens Expressway , and Stevenson Expressway to avoid traffic congestion. Pace began operating a new rapid transit service between the Jefferson Park Transit Center and Golf Mill Shopping Center on August 11, 2019. The new Pulse service overlaps with part of Pace route 270 which saw a reduction in the route's service frequency. The Pace Pulse line on Dempster Street spans Evanston , Skokie , and Des Plaines , and terminates at O'Hare International Airport . The Dempster Pulse line inaugural run
504-803: The southwest side of Chicago and provide routes to either the West Suburbs or in the case of the Harlem route, further south in Chicago. In December 2016, Pace began an on-highway BRT express bus service between Rosemont Transportation Center and Elgin on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway . The service uses " flex lanes " to avoid traffic and features train station like stops. Pace is responsible for ADA paratransit service in its service area, and, effective July 1, 2006, for paratransit service in Chicago. Pace also coordinates various Dial-a-Ride projects, usually sponsored by various municipalities and townships. One of
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#1732851680101528-526: The village was $ 27,582. About 1.1% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the poverty line , including 2.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over. Four schools are part of District 12, which serves students in the Villages of Johnsburg and Ringwood and in the Pistakee Highlands . Johnsburg High School serves grades 9 - 12; known as the "Skyhawks." Johnburg Junior High School,
552-454: Was 973.7 inhabitants per square mile (375.9/km ). There were 1,875 housing units at an average density of 338.6 per square mile (130.7/km ). The racial makeup of the village was 98.83% White , 0.13% African American , 0.06% Native American , 0.19% Asian , 0.17% from other races , and 0.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.52% of the population. There were 1,760 households, out of which 44.9% had children under
576-738: Was on August 13, 2023 with a full launch on October 29, 2023. The route connects to the Chicago "L" with the CTA Purple Line 's Davis station and the CTA Yellow Line 's Dempster–Skokie station. It also connects to Metra stations at Evanston Davis Street on the Union Pacific North Line and Des Plaines on the Union Pacific Northwest Line . Pace is also considering adding routes from Cermak Road, Harlem Avenue and Roosevelt Road. All three proposed routes start from
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