The St. Clair County Transit District, Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT), AARP in St. Louis, and Metro Transit – in partnership with the City of Fairview Heights and other partners – today unveiled the Transit Stop Transformation Project at the Fairview Heights Center, located at 9720 W Route 161 in Fairview Heights, Ill. Key representatives …

Hosted by the Madison and St. Clair County Mental Health Boards, the Metro East Behavioral Health Transportation Summit is aimed at convening community stakeholders, administrators, and direct service providers to educate the community on existing transportation resources.   The Summit will provide information about transportation resources for individuals diagnosed with mental health or substance use disorder …

The East St. Louis Annual Back to School Event is set for Saturday, Aug. 3 from 11 – 2 p.m. at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center, accessible via MetroLink.   The event is hosted by the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation and sponsored by Focusonthecity.org and Molina Healthcare.   The event includes giveaways of clear backpacks and regular backpacks, books, …

The St. Clair County Transit District (SCCTD) Board of Trustees approved several contracts at its July 16 Board Meeting to ensure continued delivery of a worldclass trail system in Southwestern Illinois. The board approved a contract with Demond Sign Company for $242,790 for production of a comprehensive signage package for the MetroBikeLink system.  SCCTD has …

llinois Governor JB Pritzker gathered alongside dozens of local officials, agencies, businesses and organizations on Thursday, July 11, at Emerson Park Transit Center to celebrate the official grand opening of the new $15 million, state-of-the-art Public Safety Building. This facility and the operations within will help bolster communications and security collaboration among Metro Transit, the …

Construction has been completed on the new $15 million Public Safety Building at Emerson Park Transit Center. State and local officials are set to celebrate its official grand opening in July 2024. This facility and the operations within will help bolster communications and security collaboration among Metro Transit, the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department, Metro …

Construction on the MidAmerica St. Louis Airport MetroLink Extension Project in St. Clair County continues with construction visible along the alignment. The project will extend the MetroLink light rail system 5.2 miles from the existing Shiloh-Scott Transit Center in Shiloh to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah. As part of the project, a new MetroLink …

Please be advised that as of May 31st 2024, the St. Clair County Transit District St. Ellen Trail will be closed between St. Ellen Mine Park and Old Collinsville Rd. for a minimum of 30 days (weather permitting). Please seek alternate routes and we apologize for the inconvenience.  

Next week (May 13-19) is National Bike to Work Week, and St. Clair County Transit District (SCCTD) – in conjunction with Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) – is reminding area residents that bicycling to work has never been easier thanks to the MetroBikeLink. This ever-evolving system consists of more than 30 miles of interconnecting trails …

The St. Clair County Transit District Board of Trustees elected board member George Markezich chair at its April 16 meeting.  In addition, board member Lonnie Moseley was elected Vice-Chair. Markezich is a citizen at-large appointee and has served on the  SCCTD Board since 2019.   Moseley, a longtime resident of East St. Louis, is the St. …

The St. Clair County Transit District in partnership with CMT is undertaking a 20 month education campaign, which will include transit benefit programming, education on transit options, community campaigns, placemaking and transit access.  SCCTD is seeking a firm to assist with these efforts in planning, executing and promoting these events and messaging items. The programs …