Connect Transit, which serves the Bloomington-Normal, Ill. community, has shown an increase in ridership on its fixed route for 13 consecutive months. Connect Transit ended its...
The Connect Transit Board of Trustees voted to move forward with extending service an extra hour on Connect Transit’s main routes; Green, Red, Lime and Yellow.
The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attainment represents a significant accomplishm...
Connect Transit has been awarded $250,000 from IDOT in Section 5305 Planning Funds to conduct a feasibility study and architecture/engineering for a Bloomington downtown transfer...
New Flyer of America Inc. has announced that Bloomington-Normal Bus System, operating as Connect Transit, has exercised an option with New Flyer of America for 10 Xcelsior clean...
Adding amenities to transit systems can open new opportunities for agencies to attract riders in a different fashion and add innovation to service; but how do agencies balance...
When agencies enter into the process of procuring a bus, there are many different factors at work; determining what type of vehicles they are looking to purchase, the method of...
U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) have announced that Connect Transit will receive a $1.45 million grant to purchase zero-emission battery electric buses and install solar panels...
Connect Transit’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) has been recognized by the Government Finance Officers Association’s (GFOA) with its highest honor.
Following the resignation of General Manager Andrew Johnson, the Connect Transit Board of Trustees has selected Isaac Thorne as the agency’s interim general manager.
The State of Illinois Comptroller’s Office has paid Connect Transit its first quarter operating reimbursement for fiscal year 2017, allowing the agency to avoid shutdown and continue...
Without promised funding from the State of Illinois, Connect Transit will institute the temporary closure of their facility and a layoff of 150 employees beginning in 2017.
Delays in payments from the State of Illinois have caused the shutdown of a western Illinois transit system and threaten to shut down others over the next several weeks.
The new, Connect Transit branded, mobile app provides improved features, to make accessing mobile information about Connect Transit services much more user friendly while continuing...
As a result of a year-long Comprehensive Operational Analysis of bus services, the Connect Transit Board of Trustees has unanimously approved a complete transit system update ...
Connect Transit will host two public listening sessions in the month of June, as part of the discussion of the First Mile, Last Mile coverage for areas of Bloomington-Normal, ...
Connect Transit has been recognized by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) as the 2015 Outstanding Public Transportation System for agencies in North America...
Connect Transit staff will initially be on site at Uptown Station to ensure that customers make a smooth transition from the old transfer point to the new one
