Connect Transit's expanded service to rural McLean County launches Tuesday.
The service called Connect Go provides door-to-door transportation for McLean County residents living outside Bloomington-Normal and Towanda.
Reservations for Connect Go's wheelchair accessible vans must be made before noon, one to three weekdays before a scheduled ride. The service is currently available weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at no cost to customers.
Rides are scheduled through Connect Transit's customer service line: 309-828-9833. Cancellations must be made at least two hours before the scheduled ride, according to a news release.
Connect Go replaces Show Bus, which previously operated buses on a route system from Weston, Saybrook, Chenoa and Gridley to Bloomington-Normal.
McLean County withdrew from an intergovernmental agreement with Show Bus last year. Connect Transit managing director David Braun previously told WGLT his agency plans to engage with Show Bus to provide transit service outside McLean County.
Show Bus currently operates in DeWitt, Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston, Logan, Macon and Mason counties.
Show Bus administrator Laura Dick said losing McLean County could negatively impact the agency's ability to serve other counties. Intercity service between Livingston and McLean counties had been suspended due to interruptions in Show Bus's Illinois Department of Transportation funding.
