Skokie Swift Station Location Feasibility Study

The study was completed in September 2003. A new station on the CTA Yellow Line opened in April 2012 at Oakton Street, using a combination of CMAQ and local funds. The station experienced increasing ridership, with average weekday boardings between 800-900. Additionally, Skokie received Innovation, Coordination and Enhancement (ICE) funding through the RTA in 2009 to complement the new Oakton Street Station. Improvements included bus stops, taxi access lanes, pedestrian walkways, shared vehicle lanes, kiss and ride, and bicycle parking. In August 2014 a 20-unit single family home development called Floral Avenue broke ground less than 1/2 mile from the Oakton Street station.

The Village pursued redevelopment opportunities in the station area and near the Illinois Science + Technology Park and was selected by the RTA as part of the 2015 Community Planning Program to convene a panel of development experts to offer guidance and advice to the Village as they work to attract TOD investment and understand innovative financing techniques for potential development in the Oakton Street station area. A five-story apartment building with 40 apartments at 8025 Skokie Boulevard was the first building to break ground and open in that area in 2018. In 2023, the village approved a five-story, mixed-use building containing 56 apartments at 8047 Skokie Blvd. In 2024 the village opened the door for interested developers to submit proposals for a similar building to be built at 8143 Skokie Blvd., and in 2025 the Village Plan Commission unanimously voted to approve a five-story, 66-unit apartment building to be built at 8201 Skokie Blvd.

In 2016, the Village was warded CMAQ funding for an RTA sponsored Access to Transit project for CTA rail bicycle parking at the Oakton station. This project has not yet been completed.