CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WAND) - The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) has announced the final phase of service restorations, which go into effect at the start of service on Friday, August 23.
This marks a full restoration of MTD's pre-pandemic service levels for routes that operate on campus and throughout the community.
New this year, additional service will be provided on Thursday, August 22, 2024. The full 220 Illini Evening will operate from 6 pm to midnight only on Thursday evening to provide safe transportation to new student events.
This recent recovery restores more than 100 hours of service to weekday, weekend, and late-night schedules.
The routes included in this final phase are the 1/100 Yellow, 2 Red, 5/50 Green, 12/120 Teal, 13/130 Silver, and 22/220 Illini.
Most routes serve stops every 10, 20, or 30 minutes.
Passengers are encouraged to plan their routes at mtd.org for travel after the UI-schedule begins on Friday, August 23.
In December 2023, MTD restored over 100 weekly service hours, which included both campus and community routes. With the start of the summer service in May 2024, MTD restored the non-UI schedule to full frequencies with over 130 hours added per week to our fixed route service in the community.
MTD has not operated with full UI-service since 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequent Operator shortages.
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