The J14 Jeffery Jump (formerly 14 Jeffery Express) is an express bus service in Chicago. It is the first Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus route to incorporate some features of bus rapid transit, such as transit signal priority and bus lanes. Transit signal priority takes place from 71st Street to 83rd Street. The bus lanes along Jeffery Boulevard are only available from 67th Street to 83rd Street/South Chicago Avenue during rush hour. The route mostly runs concurrently with 15 Jeffery Local south of 67th Street.
History
J14 Jeffery Jump was previously 14 Jeffery Express without bus rapid transit features.
The bus rapid transit (BRT) project along Jeffery Boulevard was planned as part of a larger proposal to add multiple BRT routes along certain bus corridors, which was advocated by the Metropolitan Planning Council.
In 2010, the CTA was awarded $11 million in federal grant to build a bus rapid transit route along Jeffery Boulevard. The route was planned to have bus lanes available only during rush hour periods, transit signal priority, and a queue jump lane at 83rd Street/South Chicago Avenue.
On September 18, 2012, a few months before operation began, the new route was branded as "Jeffery Jump" with a unique light blue color scheme associated with the route.
The Jeffery Jump began service on November 12, 2012; in 2013, transit signal priority between 71st Street and 83rd Street went into effect.
Since March 3, 2025, the Jeffery Jump is one of the first select services to receive a headway of at most 10 minutes under the Frequent Network program.
Service The bus route runs from 103rd/Stony Island (103rd Street Garage) in South Deering to Washington/Jefferson in the Near West Side, with the majority of the bus route traveling along Jeffery Boulevard, Lake Shore Drive, and the Loop Link bus lanes; buses do not stop on Lake Shore Drive. The route mostly runs concurrently with 15 Jeffery Local south of 67th Street.
Stations Stations (SB) Stations (NB) Connections and notes Washington/Jefferson Canal Clinton Metra: (at ), (at Union Station) Washington/Franklin Madison/Franklin Washington/LaSalle Madison/LaSalle Chicago "L": (at ) Washington/Clark–Dearborn Chicago "L": (at ) Madison/Dearborn–State Chicago "L": (at and ), (at ) Washington/State Chicago "L": (at ), (at ) Madison/Wabash Chicago "L": (at ) Monroe Jackson Van Buren Metra/NICTD: (at ) Ida B. Wells Harrison Michigan Columbus 11th Metra/NICTD: (at ) Non-stop service via Lake Shore Drive 67th 71st Metra: (at ) 75th 77th 79th 81st 83rd/South Chicago 87th 89th 91st 93rd 95th 97th 99th/Van Vlissingen Paxton Yates Hoxie Torrence Bensley Luella 103rd/Stony Island
See also Ashland Bus Rapid Transit, a proposed busway project along Ashland Avenue. Loop Link, a second busway project completed in 2015; the J14 travels along the busway. Pace Pulse, a suburban bus rapid transit system operated by Pace
References
External links Official website