The Decatur Public Transit System is the primary provider of mass transportation in Macon County, Illinois. Fourteen main routes, plus one downtown shuttle using replica trolleys, serve the region.
After the removal of streetcars from the city in 1936, the private National City Lines ran the area's bus services; in 1971, voters chose in a referendum for the public to take over this duty. As of 2022, the bus fleet comprised 21 diesel buses and 2 hybrid buses, but DPTS intends to convert all of its buses to battery electric by 2035.[1] In 2022, the system received a $16.84 million grant towards electrification. This will allow four diesel buses to be replaced with hybrids in 2023 and four electric buses to replace diesel buses in 2025 and every two years thereafter. In addition, the grant will fund electrical upgrades, electric charging equipment and solar panels.[2]
Routesedit
The Decatur Public Transit system (DPTS) operates 15 bus routes and a downtown trolley route on a pulse system with buses departing the downtown Transit Center at 15 and 45 minutes past each hour. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 5:30 A.M. to 7:15 P.M. and on Saturday from 6:15 A.M. to 7:15 P.M. Up until 2022, no service was provided on Sunday or on major holidays.[3] Beginning October 9, 2022, Sunday service began as a one year pilot project with buses running from 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.[4]
Streetcar Transfer House circa 1910
11 MLK Dr-Meadowlark
12 Airport-Walmart Plaza
21 Monroe-Walmart Plaza
22 St. Mary's
31 West Grand-Ravia Park
32 South Shores
41 East Grand-Richland Community College
51 Jasper
52 West Main-Wyckles Rd
53 Enterprise-Taylor Rd
61 Walter-Hickory Point Mall
62 Oakland-Fairview Plaza
63 Decatur-Fairview Plaza
71 Lost Bridge
Downtown Trolley
Senator Severns Transit Centeredit
The Senator Severns Transit Center, located downtown at 353 E William St, serves as the primary transfer hub for the Decatur Public Transit System. It was constructed in 2002 and includes amenities such as an indoor waiting area, restrooms, and vending machines. Transit users are also able to purchase transit tokens, passes and punch cards. While the transit center was also intended to serve intercity buses, as of 2022, no intercity buses use the facility.[5] Instead intercity buses stop at a Pilot Truck Stop, located at 4030 East Boyd Road on the north side of Decatur.[6]
Fixed route ridershipedit
The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response. [7]
decatur, public, transit, system, primary, provider, mass, transportation, macon, county, illinois, fourteen, main, routes, plus, downtown, shuttle, using, replica, trolleys, serve, region, senator, severns, transit, centerfounded1971headquarters1, gary, ander. The Decatur Public Transit System is the primary provider of mass transportation in Macon County Illinois Fourteen main routes plus one downtown shuttle using replica trolleys serve the region Decatur Public Transit SystemThe Senator Severns Transit CenterFounded1971Headquarters1 Gary K Anderson PlazaLocaleDecatur IllinoisService areaMacon County IllinoisService typebus service paratransitRoutes15WebsiteThe Decatur Public Transit System Contents 1 History 2 Routes 3 Senator Severns Transit Center 4 Fixed route ridership 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editAfter the removal of streetcars from the city in 1936 the private National City Lines ran the area s bus services in 1971 voters chose in a referendum for the public to take over this duty As of 2022 the bus fleet comprised 21 diesel buses and 2 hybrid buses but DPTS intends to convert all of its buses to battery electric by 2035 1 In 2022 the system received a 16 84 million grant towards electrification This will allow four diesel buses to be replaced with hybrids in 2023 and four electric buses to replace diesel buses in 2025 and every two years thereafter In addition the grant will fund electrical upgrades electric charging equipment and solar panels 2 Routes editThe Decatur Public Transit system DPTS operates 15 bus routes and a downtown trolley route on a pulse system with buses departing the downtown Transit Center at 15 and 45 minutes past each hour Hours of operation are Monday through Friday from 5 30 A M to 7 15 P M and on Saturday from 6 15 A M to 7 15 P M Up until 2022 no service was provided on Sunday or on major holidays 3 Beginning October 9 2022 Sunday service began as a one year pilot project with buses running from 9 A M to 6 P M 4 nbsp Streetcar Transfer House circa 1910 11 MLK Dr Meadowlark 12 Airport Walmart Plaza 21 Monroe Walmart Plaza 22 St Mary s 31 West Grand Ravia Park 32 South Shores 41 East Grand Richland Community College 51 Jasper 52 West Main Wyckles Rd 53 Enterprise Taylor Rd 61 Walter Hickory Point Mall 62 Oakland Fairview Plaza 63 Decatur Fairview Plaza 71 Lost Bridge Downtown TrolleySenator Severns Transit Center editThe Senator Severns Transit Center located downtown at 353 E William St serves as the primary transfer hub for the Decatur Public Transit System It was constructed in 2002 and includes amenities such as an indoor waiting area restrooms and vending machines Transit users are also able to purchase transit tokens passes and punch cards While the transit center was also intended to serve intercity buses as of 2022 no intercity buses use the facility 5 Instead intercity buses stop at a Pilot Truck Stop located at 4030 East Boyd Road on the north side of Decatur 6 Fixed route ridership editThe ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response 7 250 000 500 000 750 000 1 000 000 1 250 000 1 500 000 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2023See also editSangamon Mass Transit District Champaign Urbana Mass Transit District List of bus transit systems in the United StatesReferences edit Zero Emission Fleet Transition Plan PDF Retrieved September 1 2022 Brenden Moore August 15 2022 Decatur Public Transit System receives 22 million federal grant Herald amp Review Retrieved January 16 2023 Transit Retrieved September 1 2022 Bryan Bridge October 7 2022 Decatur Public Transit launches Sunday service Now Decatur Retrieved January 16 2022 2040 Long Range Transportation Plan PDF Retrieved September 1 2022 Greyhound Destinations Retrieved 1 September 2022 The National Transit Database NTD Retrieved January 15 2023 External links editDPTS Official Page nbsp This article related to bus transportation in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about transportation in Illinois is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Decatur Public Transit System amp oldid 1215532747, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
