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May 20, 2013
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Summer 2013: MTD Edition
Summer Service Reductions Summer reductions began Saturday, May 11. These remain in effect until classes resume for the Fall Semester. Congratulations graduates and here’s to a wonderful summer! 2 Red Express: Trips designated with “L” and “U” footnotes will not … Continue reading
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Tagged CUMTD, Maps & Schedules Book, MTD, public transportation, summer service
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Green Light: C-U Bike Month
This blog post was written by Jane Sullivan, MTD’s Transportation and Sustainability Planner. In case you have not yet heard from your numerous bike-riding buddies, May is National Bike Month! Champaign-Urbana has boosted Bike Month efforts this year, expanding celebration … Continue reading
API Version 2.2 Released
Love your MTD app? There’s a chance your app’s developer may soon introduce new features thanks to today’s release of version 2.2 of MTD’s API (Application Programming Interface). New Methods The previous version of MTD’s API offered 20 methods. A … Continue reading
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Tagged API, apps, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, iStop, MTD, reroutes, vehicle monitoring
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Bee Scene Bonus
Happy Earth Day! MTD staff bees were bustin’ their stingers this afternoon to buzz around town. Why? To bring a bit of honey to cyclists! Hundreds of sweet “Bee Scene” bicycle seat covers were put on parked bikes in downtown … Continue reading
Posted in Just for Fun
Tagged Bee Scene, bike seat cover, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, MTD
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MTD Phone Survey
Ring, Ring! MTD conducts an annual phone survey to gauge opinions, awareness of services, and satisfaction from both riders and non-riders. The survey is conducted by a third party company, and this year Research Survey Service will begin the random calls today, … Continue reading
MTD Provides Intern Toolbox to Parkland College
A new, fully equipped, mechanic’s toolbox filled mostly with MAC Tools is available at Parkland College for Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) interns enrolled in their Diesel Power Equipment (DPE) Technology program. MTD worked in conjunction with a local MAC … Continue reading
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Tagged bus, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, MAC Tools, MTD, Parkland College
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Green Light: Geothermal Wells are…Well, Awesome
MTD’s Sustainability and Transportation Planner, Jane Sullivan, is the author of this Green Light. In 2009, MTD received a grant from the U.S Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to install a geothermal heating and cooling system at our … Continue reading
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Tagged Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, geothermal, green lights, MTD, NREL, TIGGER
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Gotta Get There
The near foot of snow that covered our area the afternoon of March 24 through the night of the 25th resulted in closures in the schools, libraries, University of Illinois, Parkland College, and many more locations. MTD operated all services … Continue reading
Posted in Between the Lines
Tagged Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, MTD, public transportation
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Have You Thanked Your Bus Driver Lately?
SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Service reductions for the University of Illinois Spring Break Began Saturday, March 16 and continue through Saturday, March 23. Read the details and all routes affected here. Today, Monday, March 18, is International Bus Driver Appreciation Day! School … Continue reading
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Tagged BDAD, Bus Driver Appreciation Day, CUMTD, March 18, MTD
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Unofficial Weekend Officially Boosts Ridership
Please excuse us, but for this blog post, we’re going to brag. We’ll try to keep it short to appear modest. Breaking Records Ridership for the month of February increased by almost five percent as it went from 1,305,142 million … Continue reading
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Tagged Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, MTD, public transportation, ridership, unofficial
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