Transportation

Bloomington's city manager says the newly-passed massage business ordinance will do more than help shut down illicit businesses.

The iconic Route 66 will hit the century mark next year. Before it became the "Mother Road," it was Illinois Route 4. And on it was a rest spot for those early motorists on the south side of Bloomington.

It took more than 30 years to bring 110 mph passenger train service from Chicago to St. Louis. It could take that or longer to get true high-speed rail along the same corridor.

How does society do hard things? In this first part of our new series "Hard Things," WGLT unpacks the generational project that brought faster passenger train service to Illinois.

Technical troubles at major airports can have trickle down effects in smaller facilities like the Central Illinois Regional Airport in Bloomington. Airport Director Carl Olson said, for instance, cutting the number of flights at Newark because of limited staff capacity can increase ticket prices and suppress demand for travel down the chain.

The Central Illinois Regional Airport has about $70 million in infrastructure projects underway, or in a six-year pipeline. Some are moving faster than others.

Connect Transit, the transit agency that provides public transportation in Bloomington-Normal, confirms it will be taking over rural transportation in McLean County on July 1.

The Town of Normal is still in watch and wait mode as the Trump administration aggressively cuts programs and federal agency staff.

The public has had a fair amount to say about how to improve Veterans Parkway in Bloomington-Normal, with more to come.

28 Bloomington-Normal leaders head to Washington, D.C., this week, hoping to secure up to $22.75 million for four area infrastructure projects.