Pace suburban bus launched another round of pilot service improvements at the start of June — this time adding more weekend and evening service in the western and Southland suburbs, Joliet and, for the first time, McHenry County.
Since 2024, Pace has been quietly making service improvements throughout the entire region. For the most part, that included adding or extending weekend and evening service, but it also occasionally included route changes. The improvements have been launched as six-month pilots subject to Pace Board of Directors’ approval. The board has approved all the pilots introduced so far.
Erik Llewellyn, Pace’s chief planning officer, told the agency’s Board of Directors during its May 20 meeting that the latest round of pilots aims to better meet rider demand and make it easier for riders to transfer to other transit routes…