St. Clair County Transit District Awards Contract for 2020 Vision Reboot

The St. Clair County Transit District Board of Commissioners voted on December 16 to award up to a $176,000 contract to Benesch for a review of the 2020 Transit Vision plan to ensure coverage in St. Clair County post-pandemic.

The St. Clair County Transit District (SCCTD) underwent an in-depth review of its existing system in 2019-2020 with the SCCTD Transit Vision 2020 study led by TMD. The purpose of SCCTD Transit Vision 2020 was to identify what was and was not working well, where services were and were not needed, and ultimately, how SCCTD can better serve the region.

SCCTD Transit Vision 2020 took a detailed look at existing and future market conditions within St. Clair County and SCCTD’s service performance. Input from stakeholders and SCCTD riders was also collected to better understand customer and community transit needs and expectations. These analyses and collection of input provided a platform to develop the SCCTD Transit Vision 2020 Network Plan.

Since the release of the study and the pandemic, Metro Transit reduced service by five routes.  The St. Clair County Transit District initiated six mobility on demand zones and increased frequency on several routes all leading to an increase in ridership on the system post-pandemic.   SCCTD now needs to determine if further tweaks to fill service gaps may be needed to address changes in demographics, population, and destinations post pandemic.

The study led by Benesch is anticipated to take about 9 months to complete.