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| Parent | Regional Transportation Authority |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Arlington Heights, Illinois |
| Locale | Northeastern Illinois |
| Service area | Cook, Lake, Will, Kane, McHenry, and DuPage Counties |
| Service type | Transit, Bus, Paratransit |
| Routes | 134 |
| Fleet | 733 fixed-route buses 401 Vanpools 11 On Demand services 1,230 Paratransit vehicles 37 Dial-a-Ride services[1] |
| Daily ridership | 81,800 (weekdays, Q1 2025)[2] |
| Annual ridership | 20,085,800 (2024)[3] |
| Fuel type | CNG, Battery-electric, Diesel, Diesel-Electric Hybrid |
| Executive Director | Melinda Metzger |
| Website | www |
Pace Suburban Bus (Pace) delivers safe and efficient transit services, moving people throughout metropolitan Chicago to work, school, and other regional destinations. Pace also is the sole paratransit provider in northeastern Illinois, operating one of the largest paratransit services in the United States for riders with disabilities.[4]
Pace is one of the three service boards financially supported by the Regional Transportation Authority. The three service boards, including Pace, Metra, and the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), were created by the 1983 RTA Act. The law, in part, unified disparate suburban bus agencies that existed at the time and established the formula that provides funding to the service boards, which make up the transit network in northeastern Illinois.[4]
Today, Pace’s family of services provides affordable, innovative, and environmentally responsible transit options for residents living in 274 municipalities located throughout Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties. As one of the largest bus providers in North America, Pace covers 3,677 square miles, an area that is about 15 times the size of the City of Chicago, serving approximately 127,000 daily riders.[4]
Pace is headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and the agency is governed by a 13-member Board of Directors, 12 of which are current and former suburban mayors who represent their respective communities in the northeastern Illinois region. The remaining director is the Commissioner of the Chicago Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, who represents the City of Chicago's paratransit riders.[5]
- ^ About Pace
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2025" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 15, 2025. Retrieved May 18, 2025.
- ^ "Transit Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. February 19, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
- ^ a b c "Official About Pace webpage".
- ^ Pace. "Pace Board of Directors". Retrieved 2008-10-22.