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Connect Transit's new general manager says he wants to explore new technologies to build on the sustainability of public transportation. David Braun says he welcomes the addition of electric buses though the technology is not quite mature. The Electrification Coalition is siding with Rivian in a battle whether you can sell cars directly and not through dealers. The Coalition says cars ought to be like I-phones, available everywhere. That has sales tax implications for cities. Congressman Darin LaHood says he's still optimistic about an infrastructure bill.

David Braun will become the new general manager of Connect Transit in August. Bloomington-Normal’s public bus system board has approved the hiring of David Braun as its new general manager, replacing interim manager Mark Peterson. Braun will start Aug. 9. The selection of Braun represents the culmination of a several month national search to hire a replacement for Isaac Thorne, who resigned the position in August of 2020 to take a similar job in Knoxville, Tenn. Connect Transit Board Chairman Ryan Whitehouse said the board feels fortunate to attract such an experienced candidate in Braun. ...

Normal Mayor Chris Koos Normal Mayor Chris Koos said lawmakers helped with fire and police pension funding a couple years ago, but during the spring session of the General Assembly this year, they neutralized the benefit of the earlier action. Koos said a pension sweetener for police and firefighters will increase what cities and towns must contribute to pensions. “What happened is the legislature took firefighters and police officers who are in what's called a Tier-II pension system and moved them into the old Tier-I pension system," Koos said on WGLT's Sound Ideas. Koos said this is not ...

Connect Transit gave more than a million rides during the pandemic. The head of the board for Bloomington Normal's bus system says that alone makes the case transit is a community must have as ridership rises again. Plus, progress to rework the Pantagraph building into a transfer center. Racial violence. Family trauma. The price of security. It's pretty heady stuff for a comic book movie. Scott Jordan is one-half of WGLT's Psych Geeks team -- dissecting the release of Marvel's "Black Widow" and its place in the always changing popular culture. Blues Traveler plays the Corn Crib. Jon Norton ha...

/ The interim director of Bloomington-Normal's bus system said Monday the timeline on a new $18-20 million downtown transfer center is unclear, though it remains roughly two years. Mark Peterson said Connect Transit is seeking proposals for an environmental impact study of the plan to revamp the former Pantagraph newspaper building at 301 W. Washington St., in downtown Bloomington. “I'm hoping the NEPA study will be three to four months, but I know the City of Champaign had a similar project. It went 18 months. Now, they had some complications so there were reasons it was that long. I'm hop...