MTD Bus Stop Accommodation
The Mass Transit District (MTD) recently built a new bus stop at the intersection of State Street and Park Avenue. Due to slope issues, the pad was poured slightly off the original location. As a result, buses were not able to pull in correctly if there was a car in the first parking spot north […]
MCORE Project Work to Resume
On July 6, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) informed the Multimodal Corridor Enhancement Project (MCORE) partner agencies that the recent State of Illinois budget approval provided appropriations for work to resume on “state-let” projects. MCORE is a “state-let” project because the federal TIGER grant funding is directed to IDOT, who then becomes the contracting […]
The MTD Comes to CGTV
On April 26, 2017, the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD), in partnership with the City of Champaign, rolled out its first live telecast of the MTD Board of Trustees meeting on CGTV. The meeting was also streamed live on the City’s website. MTD’s Board of Trustees meetings are regularly held on the last Wednesday of […]
Public Open House for MCORE TIGER Project
The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, the City of Champaign, the City of Urbana, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, applied for and received a $15.7 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grant for the construction of the Multimodal Corridor Enhancement (MCORE) project http://www.mcoreproject.com within the University District. The total cost for the project […]
MTD Kiosk
In early 2014, staff from the Planning and Development Department inquired about the possibility of locating an MTD kiosk on Church Street to create a more central and visible transit location near the busy intersection of Neil and Main Street. In late 2014, a new kiosk was installed thanks to the cooperation of the MTD, […]
Champaign-Urbana’s Long Range Transportation Plan
The City of Champaign encourages residents to participate and provide input on C-U’s future transportation needs and options. Visit www.cuuats.org/lrtp for more information.