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The governor's office has announced funding for dozens of public transit projects in the state, including Bloomington-Normal. Connect Transit will receive $9.6 million from the Rebuild Illinois Capitol program.
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Bloomington-Normal's public transportation system has received $15.8 million in federal funding in the last year to electrify its bus fleet.
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Normal Mayor Chris Koos is conditionally endorsing doing away with bus fares in the Twin Cities, but says he still wants to see a concrete proposal before fully committing.
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The head of Bloomington-Normal's bus system said his organization will forgo nearly $1.4 million in funding from the City of Bloomington and Town of Normal next budget year. Those are dollars for capital projects David Braun said Connect Transit doesn't need right now.
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It could be time to discuss one of the proposals in a 2019 Connect Transit special working group report, says Normal City Manager Pam Reece, because it's an unusual development — an organization asking for less money instead of more.
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Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason and Mayor Mboka Mwilambwe said 2022 has been a good year for the city with COVID largely in the rear-view mirror and the city starting to get past the 50% to 100% COVID-related cost increases in materials and projects.
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Bloomington-Normal's bus system is cutting service again. Connect Transit says it is still having trouble finding enough drivers.
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The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has announced funding for several electric bus and charging infrastructure projects in Illinois through the omnibus appropriations bill signed into law in March.
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New bus service to the Rivian electric vehicle plant begins on Sunday.
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Connect Transit doesn't have enough bus drivers to run all its routes, so Bloomington-Normal's public transit system said Wednesday it will reduce weekday frequency on some routes to weekend levels starting Oct. 9.