Public Transportation in Bloomington-Normal.
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
Joined June 2012
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Thank you @ConnectTransit for joining this week with hundreds of other public transit organizations to tell Congress about the positive #PublicTransitImpact on local jobs and economies.
#APTAleg24
Earlier this week our Board Chairman, General Manager, and Procurement Director attended the @APTA_info Legislative Conference. They enjoyed their time in our nation’s capitol and had great conversations with our elected officials. Thank you APTA for a great conference!
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Bike and Ride!
All @ConnectTransit buses have bike racks giving bike riders additional transportation options.
ALT A Connect Transit bus turns the corner onto Fell Avenue in front of Hewett and Manchester Halls. A bicycle sits in the bike rack on the front of the bus.
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Hop in 🚎 Ready to take a ride on a @ConnectTransit Redbird-branded bus 👀
ALT An Illinois State-branded bus parked right outside Hovey Hall on campus.
ALT An Illinois State-branded bus parked at Uptown Circle.
ALT Students board Connect Transit's Redbird branded bus at Uptown Circle.
ALT Connect Transit's Redbird-branded bus sits parked at Uptown Circle.
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Check out our new bus wrap! 🚌 Keep an eye out for it when it hits the streets in the coming weeks!
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Brand new @ConnectTransit electric bus was spotted at the Bone Student Center! Looking good @ReggieRedbird! 😍
ALT Connect Transit brand new electric bus is parked by the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University. The bus front of the bus is white with red letters reading "Illinois". There is a picture of Reggie Redbird in the middle, and the back of the bus is red with white letters reading "State"
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@ConnectTransit and Commute with Enterprise are partnering to create the "Commute with Connect" program to bring #Worforce to #BloomingtonNormal, #Illinois. #BNEDC
Check out this article from @Pantagraph for more information!
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#BloomingtonNormal, #Illinois @ConnectTransit has received two grants for electric microtransit vehicles and for the construction of a maintenance, storage, and training facility. #EV #bnedc
Read the full article in the @Pantagraph.
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.@ConnectTransit has been given two awards totaling $9.6 million as a part of the Rebuild Illinois Round III capital construction program. Connect Transit said it plans to use the funds to develop a microtransit system. videtteonline.com/news/conne…
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.@ConnectTransit has revealed new Redbird-inspired buses. Heartland Community College and Miller Park Zoo will also see their own themed buses. Connect Transit hopes to have these newly wrapped buses on the roads by February. videtteonline.com/news/conne…
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.@ERICSORENSEN joins @DickDurbin and @sharonchungIL at @ConnectTransit to discuss the $15.8M approved to help electrify its buses. Funding will make 50% of its fleet electric by next year. Story soon at WGLT.org.
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Thanks to the $15.8 million in federal funding they received, more than half of @ConnectTransit’s fleet will be electric by 2024.
I’m grateful our transit agencies in IL have made this a priority and are leading the way in replacing their bus fleets with zero emission options.
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Q&A: The head of @ConnectTransit talks about possibly going fare-free, the launch of micro-transit in the spring, and the downtown transfer center impact study. wglt.org/local-news/2023-01-… #BloNo #masstransit #publictransit
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.@ConnectTransit will be waiving fares Tuesday to help enable better access to polling locations on #ElectionDay. News editor @Seanmorr122 has the details: videtteonline.com/news/conne…
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"Now we can actually expand our service. We'll be getting eight more buses by the end of November — out on the road, fully functioning and running as they should throughout the area." - @ConnectTransit general manager David Braun
wglt.org/local-news/2022-09-…
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Congratulations to @ConnectTransit on their #EV bus launch! Coverage by @WMBDNews @AustinSchickTV. #BloomingtonNormal #Illinois is #Electric! centralillinoisproud.com/new…
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Bloomington IL's @ConnectTransit bus fleet, 2% the size of Chicago's @cta, will have half the number of #electricbuses by the end of the year. >30% of @ConnectTransit fleet will be electric. Almost 2% of CTA's bus fleet will be electric. #CTAneedstodomore pantagraph.com/news/local/co…
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IDOT Deputy Director of Transit Shoun Reese joined @ConnectTransit in celebrating the expansion of its electric vehicle infrastructure Tuesday. The Bloomington-Normal transit agency expects to triple its fleet of electric buses by the end of '22. pantagraph.com/news/local/co… #ILEVweek
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Happy first day Redbirds!
Don't forget to bring your Redbird id card when you ride @ConnectTransit Redbird Express to class!
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Wondering if you should drive your car to school? #ISUPreview
Learn about @ConnectTransit universal access and other transportation options for ISU students in this video...
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We've answered some of your questions about getting around Illinois State. #FutureRedbird
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