Public Hearing

Proposed Changes for the 2025–2026 Service Year

MTD's Planning team reviews system schedules annually and offers suggestions to improve service. Public meetings are scheduled every spring to present the recommendations and solicit public feedback on the proposed changes. This page will be updated regularly to provide important information to keep our customers informed throughout the process.

Save the Dates

MTD scheduled two live opportunities, virtual and in-person (listed above), for the community to learn about the proposed changes and actively engage to provide feedback to MTD Staff. 

In addition to the live engagement opportunities, community comments can be submitted in four ways:

Web: Contact Us form

Email: mtdweb@mtd.org

Phone: 217.384.8188

By Mail: Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, 1101 E. University Ave., Urbana, IL 61802; Attn. Karl Gnadt

Comments will be accepted through Saturday, May 17. All questions and comments submitted, along with MTD’s responses, will be documented on this public hearing page. After the feedback period, MTD prepares a final plan for service changes to be implemented in the Fall for the new service year, which will begin on Sunday, August 10 this year. Final service changes will be published on MTD’s website, social media, and in the upcoming 2025 - 2026 edition of the Maps & Schedules Book.

Summary of Proposed Changes

No Fixed-Route Service to Market Place Mall; Modified Service to Mercury at FedEx

At the request of the property owners, MTD will no longer provide fixed-route service to Market Place Mall once the new service year begins. Having this access prohibited has, however, given MTD the opportunity to provide the community with additional, improved service to both Champaign Walmart and Urbana Meijer.

Because our access to Market Place has been removed, MTD has proposed routing changes for the 1/100 Yellow and 2/20 Red routes – dropping off passengers at the southern entrance of the property at Neil Street and Center, near the former Za’s and Red Robin restaurants – and some related schedule modifications. MTD’s ADA Paratransit service, MTD Access, will still be allowed to serve the property.

Currently, the 1/100 Yellow and 2/20 Red routes serve the northeast entrance at Market Place Mall, with the 2/20 Red providing limited service to the Apollo & Mercury area near FedEx and the Ashland Park Subdivision.

1/100 Yellow Changes

In the new service year, the 1 Yellow Weekday Daytime, 100 Yellow Weekday Evening, 100 Yellow Saturday, and 100 Yellow Sunday will no longer serve Market Place Mall, and will instead operate from Market to Marketview to Neil to Town Center, and resume regular routing through Champaign Walmart.

Occasional diversions will be made to serve Mercury at FedEx via Interstate to Prospect to Olympian to Apollo to Mercury to Market to Olympian to Prospect to Interstate and will serve Walmart again before heading south. These changes are shown in the map below, with the black line of “Xs” illustrating areas that will no longer be served. Diversions to serve Mercury at FedEx are shown with the yellow dashed line.

While there will be no schedule changes to 100 Yellow Weekday Evening, 100 Yellow Saturday, or 100 Yellow Sunday service south of Interstate 74, proposed changes to Mercury at FedEx and Walmart are listed below:

• 100 Yellow Weekday Evening: Mercury at FedEx will be served at 10:20p and 11:20p; Walmart arrival two minutes earlier, departure seven minutes later.
• 100 Yellow Saturday: Mercury at FedEx will be served at 7:07a, 1:37p, 6:07p, 7:07p, 10:37p and 11:37p; Walmart arrival two minutes earlier, departure five minutes later.
• 100 Yellow Sunday: Walmart arrival two minutes earlier, departure five minutes later.

2/20 Red Enhanced Service to Ashland Park, Public Health, and Champaign Walmart

Currently, the 2 Red provides limited service to the Apollo & Mercury area and the Ashland Park subdivision, and while the 2U Red serves the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (C-UPHD) on every trip, the 2C Red only serves C-UPHD upon request.

In the new service year, because the 2 Red will travel along Neil instead of Market, MTD is proposing serving the Ashland Park subdivision on every trip of the 2U Red, and C-UPHD on every trip of both the 2C Red and 2U Red. This means the 2 Red will operate the same routing for the entire service day, providing greater frequency to a larger service area. These changes are shown in the map below, with the black line of “Xs” illustrating areas that will no longer be served, and the solid line illustrating the areas that will experience improved frequency.

2U/C Red

20 Red

In the new service year, the 20 Red will also travel along Neil instead of Market, and will continue Town Center to Boardwalk to Champaign Meijer, then to Prospect, and now serve Champaign Walmart. This modified routing is shown in the map below, with the black line of “Xs” illustrating areas that will no longer be served, and the solid line illustrating the updated routing.

Additional 2/20 Red Service Proposed for Southeast Urbana

The changes being made to the 2/20 Red route because of discontinued service to Market Place Mall have allowed us the opportunity to propose additional service to Southeast Urbana. In response to the South Ridge annexation, MTD proposes moving the 2 Red from Trails Dr. to Marc Trail Dr. in the Myra Ride subdivision. This change in routing will operate for the entire service day, instead of what is now only limited service. These proposed changes are shown in the map below, with the black line of “Xs” illustrating the area that will no longer be served, and the solid line illustrating the updated routing.

2 Red

20 Red Saturday

In addition to serving Myra Ridge throughout the service day, MTD is also proposing extending the 20 Red routing to the Urbana Meijer on Saturdays, instead of ending the route at Silver & Philo.

Additional Adjustments – Holiday Park, Transfers from FedEx at Illinois Terminal, Perkins & Eastern Service, Extended 6E Orange to University & Cottage Grove

180 Lime: Currently, the 180 Lime travels on Duncan between William and John in the Holiday Park neighborhood. To provide additional service to this neighborhood on evenings and weekends, MTD is proposing extending the route to Goldenview between William and John for all trips. This will result in minor schedule changes of one to two minutes at select timepoints.

70E Grey: MTD is proposing changing the 10:48p 70E Grey Weekday Evening trip to 10:50p at Illinois Terminal to better accommodate transfers from the 100S Yellow that serves Mercury at FedEx.

10E Gold: MTD is proposing adding an additional 10E Gold trip from Lot E-14 at 6:55p to Perkins & Eastern.

6E Orange: MTD is proposing extending the last 6E Orange trip of the day to University & Cottage Grove, instead of ending at Lincoln Square.

Middle School and High School Trip Adjustments

In response to changed routing near Market Place Mall and the opening of the new Urbana Sixth Grade Center, MTD has proposed some changes to both morning and afternoon school trips serving local middle schools and high schools. The proposed changes are listed below. We are confident that the new proposed routing and schedules will improve schedule adherence for many school trips.

As the new school year approaches this fall, families are encouraged to visit the Schools page at mtd.org to re-plan school trips for their students before the first day of class.

Morning Trips

• 1S Yellow trips to Central and Centennial: These trips will begin 8 minutes earlier. Modified routing near Town Center, Carisbrooke, and Hunter’s Pond.
• 1S Yellow to Franklin, Edison, and Jefferson: This trip will begin 8 minutes earlier. Modified routing near Town Center, Carisbrooke, and Hunter’s Pond.
• 3S Lavender to Central and Edison: This trip will begin at Town Center & Moreland.
• 5E Green to Centennial: This trip will begin 1-2 minutes earlier due to new routing on Farhills Dr.
• 7W Grey to Central and Centennial: This trip will begin 10 minutes earlier, no change to routing.

Afternoon Trips

• 1N Yellow from Franklin, Central, and Centennial: This trip will have modified routing near Town Center, Carisbrooke, and Hunter’s Pond.
• 7E Grey from Jefferson and Edison: This trip will have modified routing near Town Center, Carisbrooke, and Hunter’s Pond.
• 10E Gold to Perkins & Eastern, 6E Orange to Edgewood: Previously, these areas were served by a combined trip on one bus. In the new service year, these trips will be separated, and routing will change to serve each individual neighborhood independently.
• 5E Green to Scottswood: The two existing trips from Urbana Middle School will operate the same as the previous service year. An additional bus will serve the new Urbana Sixth Grade Center at 1602 S. Anderson.