Tag: Mass Transit

In final public transit hearing, downstate operators join chorus for more state funding

Many details still needed before lawmakers can put forward transit funding proposal SPRINGFIELD – Public transit agencies in downstate Illinois are joining Chicagoland rail and bus operators in asking the state for help balancing their budgets.  A state committee met with leaders from a half dozen downstate agencies on Tuesday – the sixth and final

Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District’s Illinois Terminal

News Around Illinois – November 25, 2019

  DOT Grant Gives MTD $17 Million For Terminal Expansion CHAMPAIGN – The largest piece of the funding pie is now in place for the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District’s Illinois Terminal expansion. That’s after the US Department of Transportation awarded the MTD a grant of more than $17-million for the project. The Illinois Terminal expansion