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May 20, 2013
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Green Light: More Than Buses
Our monthly Green Lights posts mostly focus on our buses, Maintenance Facility, and pursuit of ISO 14001 Certification for our Environmental and Sustainability Management System. A constant source of pride at MTD does come from our buses. Over half of our fleet … Continue reading
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Tagged bikes, buses, CUMTD, green lights, ISO 14001, MTD, sustainability
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MTD’s Mobile Website Needs You!
MTD enthusiastically directs riders to our App Garage to see the amazing apps that were/are developed by the community with our API (Application Programming Interface). MTD commits resources to the development and support of a robust API because we want the community to … Continue reading
Posted in Between the Lines, CUMTD News
Tagged API, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, mobile website, MTD
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How to Love SafeRides and Let it Love You Back
Last Thursday I celebrated Valentine’s Day in true transit bliss: I spent my night on an MTD vehicle. I rode 335 SafeRides with a veteran, and recently made famous operator, Lin Jayne. My reasons for riding were two-fold: Learn how the system … Continue reading
Posted in Between the Lines, Just for Fun
Tagged Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, MTD, SafeRides, safety, University of Illinois
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Why Being Loyal to a Single Route is Silly
Hip, hip for Ridership! As reported on our Facebook Page last week, MTD is seeing record ridership. Six of the first seven months of our FY2013 had ridership increases; overall we’re up five percent. January 2013 had seven days with over … Continue reading
Posted in Between the Lines
Tagged Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, MTD, routes, walking
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Green Light: MTD Supports Protection of Mahomet Aquifer
MTD’s Board of Trustees voted on a resolution on Wednesday, January 30 to support the petition to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) to designate the Mahomet Aquifer as a Sole Source Aquifer. The Board unanimously supported the resolution. A … Continue reading
Posted in Green Lights
Tagged Champaign, CUMTD, environmental protection agency, Mahomet Aquifer, MTD, US EPA
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Training Simulators Generate Safety Returns
A 21st Century Tool “It’s taken two years, but I believe the training simulators were fully integrated into MTD’s Training Program at the start of 2012,” reported Jim Dhom, MTD’s Safety & Training Director. Procurement of funds began in 2009 … Continue reading
Posted in Between the Lines, Training
Tagged bus operator, buses, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, MTD, public transportation
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How to Get to the YMCA on MTD
In December, MTD announced that service to the Stephen’s Family YMCA of Champaign County would begin in January 2013. And on January 14, 2013 we did just that. Here’s a breakdown of weekday daytime service options: 14 Navy The 14 … Continue reading
Posted in CUMTD News
Tagged Champaign, Champaign County, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, MTD, Stephens Family YMCA
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Be Part of the Bee Scene
When you are travelling, either by foot, bike, bus, or personal vehicle, there are many things buzzing around. All that noise is worth paying attention to. There are a few hives of increased activity in Champaign-Urbana that demand even more consideration. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bee Scene, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, MTD, University of Illinois
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Green Light: Waste Oil Heaters
Winter temperatures finally set in during the past week. Temperatures have barely reached above freezing and the windchill…is too fierce to mention. The Maintenance Department heats over 75 percent of its facility in Urbana with waste oil. With a fleet … Continue reading
Posted in Green Lights
Tagged Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, Clean Burn, CUMTD, green lights, MTD, Waste Oil Heater
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Thank You
Service Interruption: We interrupt our regular weekly blog posting to bring you this service reminder. MTD is operating reduced winter break service now through Saturday, January 12, 2013. There is no evening serving today, December 31, New Year’s Eve, and … Continue reading
Posted in Just for Fun
Tagged 2012-2013, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, MTD
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