Champaign Unit 4 school district backs away from free meals for all, looks into reducing costs of bus routes
Superintendent Geovanny Ponce said families should email him if they are above the income cut-off and can’t afford school meals.
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C-U Mass Transit District riders may notice some changes — now and in the future
The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District has made some bus route changes to offer better service to its riders and has taken steps toward the redesign of the Illinois Terminal.
Bad weather has kept these Urbana children out of school. A new bus stop shelter is in the works
In Ivanhoe Estates, weather is the most common reason children miss school. A partnership between parents there, CU Early, Urbana School District 116 and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign School of Architecture is working on a simple solution – a covered bus stop.
El mal tiempo ha impedido que estos niños de Urbana vayan a la escuela. Se está planeando una nueva parada de autobús
En Ivanhoe Estates, las condiciones meteorológicas son la razón más frecuente por la que los niños faltan a la escuela. Una colaboración está trabajando en una solución sencilla: una parada de autobús cubierta.
With U of I’s spring semester over, Champaign-Urbana MTD to reduce fixed-route bus service over the summer
Starting Saturday, there will be reduced frequencies on bus routes around town, according to an announcement from the MTD. The transit agency reduces service during the University of Illinois summer break.
MTD property annexations bring the agency a step closer to expanding bus service
The MTD moved to add properties onto its tax rolls, a move that could allow the agency to expand bus routes and increase access to the Carle health facility along Curtis Road and Mattis Avenue.
Chicago seeks central Illinois help with overflow of bused migrants
The City of Chicago is reaching out to other cities across Illinois for help as it deals with an influx of migrants bused in by red state governors. Chicago has received more than 1,000 immigrants bused north from states, including Florida and Texas. Sending migrants north is meant to highlight what those southern states say
How school bus driver shortages and frequent bus route cancellations impacted students and their families
YORKVILLE – Ten minutes down the road on her way to work, Joni Carter gets a message on her phone. Her 14-year-old daughter’s school bus was canceled…again. Now, she has to double back to her Yorkville home, pick up her daughter and take her to school herself. https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s528/audio/2022/07/0719busf.mp3 Listen to this story here. “Then there