Metra’s Systemwide Network Plan

Speaker: David Kralik, director of planning and programming, Metra

In Metra’s 2023-27 Strategic Plan My Metra, Our Future, Metra adopted a vision statement in which the railroad aspires to provide regional rail service. Their evolution toward a regional rail service model has already begun with the schedule enhancements implemented over the past few years, but in order to understand what shape this evolution should take on each of their rail lines, Metra initiated a Systemwide Network Plan. This plan identifies how Metra can better serve changing travel markets with regional rail service, and it will guide Metra Capital and Operations for the next 20+ years.

Join us to learn more about Metra’s Systemwide Network Plan from David Kralik, who is leading its development to implement Metra’s regional rail vision.

You can read the draft Systemwide Network Plan and provide feedback on the Metra website.

David Kralik, AICP, is the director of planning and programming at Metra. He leads Metra’s efforts in station area, corridor, and strategic planning. He has served in various capacities at Metra since 2002 and holds bachelor’s degrees in physics and mathematics from Washington University and master’s degrees in mathematics and urban planning & policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.