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May 20, 2013
Category Archives: Between the Lines
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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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
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Tagged Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, MTD, public transportation
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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
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Tagged Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, MTD, routes, walking
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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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Don’t Eat What’s Inside
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 on December 24, Christmas Eve, no service … Continue reading
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Tagged Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, Fastenal, Maintenance, MTD
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Timepoints vs Stops in Between
This post was inspired by another rider request! The caller, we’ll call him John, had heard of a system-wide rule that MTD buses could not depart stops before their scheduled time. “So why,” John wondered, “did the 4E Blue depart … Continue reading
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Tagged Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, Maps & Schedules Book, MTD, STOPwatch, Trip Planner
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When to Pull the Stop Request Cord?
A Tweeter Asks @CUMTD I’ve noticed lots of new kids waiting on the voice prompt to request a stop. The voice usually comes just as u arrive to the stop this ends up frustrating ur drivers who tell ppl to … Continue reading
Automatic Destination Signs
Automagic If you’re a follower of CUMTD on Facebook and Twitter, you’ve read periodic updates about our latest tech project. Facebook posts and tweets of the past detailed research and testing for automatic destination sign changing. Or as we call … Continue reading
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Tagged bus, Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, CUMTD, MTD, public transit
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