This past summer the St. Clair County Transit District (SCCTD) hosted the “Go Trailing” program to promote MetroBikeLink use and transit in Southwestern Illinois.  Between May 11 and August 11, more than  50 participants tracked over 8,860 miles on the SCCTD MetroBikeLink system as part of the program. This free initiative allowed participants to track …

Starting September 9, MetroLink riders will begin using newly installed security gates to access the Emerson Park MetroLink Station platform. Implementation will occur at three other MetroLink stations in St. Clair County later in September. Security personnel will manually operate the gates until a new fare collection system is installed. Riders will show the security …

The St. Clair County Transit District (SCCTD) has a public hearing set for September 10 from 8:00 am to 11:30 am at the Fairview Heights REC Center located at 9950 Bunkum Road, Fairview Heights, IL. The purpose of the public hearing is to get comments on the SCCTD application for an Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program …

Illinois  House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch announced Wednesday the creation of a new House working group designed to look more closely at the Illinois’ public transit system and provide recommendations on how it can better serve the communities that rely on it. “We have a real opportunity to not only improve our public transit system …

The St. Clair County Transit District wants to better understand how people feel about their experience using the SCCTD MetroBikeLink system of trails. During September and October, SCCTD staff will hold engagement events at various locations along the trails. The first event on September 12 will take place near the Belleville Transit Center at 800 …

MetroLink trains will not run between the East Riverfront and Emerson Park MetroLink Stations on Saturday, August 24, and Sunday, August 25. This planned service outage is taking place in order to accommodate track maintenance. Transit riders moving between the East Riverfront, 5th and Missouri, and Emerson Park Station will be transported by bus on …

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 …

Sealed proposals will be received at St. Clair Transit District, 27 North Illinois St., Belleville, Illinois, 62220 until 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 10, 2024, for the Liberty Heights Trail. The sealed proposals will be publicly opened and read at 2:15 P.M., Tuesday, September 10, 2024. The proposed improvement consists of the construction of a 0.68-mile-long, …

The final phase of the Old Collinsville Road Trail is under construction. This St. Clair County Transit District (SCCTD) project will extend the existing 2.5-mile paved trail by one mile from Frank Scott Parkway to Ashland Avenue, where it will connect to the mile-long St. Ellen Trail, which links users to an additional 1.75 miles …

Join St. Clair County Transit District, Citizens for Modern Transit, AARP in St. Louis and Metro Transit as they unveil the region’s latest “Transit Stop Transformation” Project – this time at the Fairview Heights Transit Center, located at 9720 W. Route 161 in Fairview Heights, Ill.. The event will get underway at 9 a.m. on …