south ninth street locale springfield illinois service type bus service paratransit routes 16 regular day routes 5 night routes 12 supplemental routes fleet 56 buses 17 paratransit vans operator self website smtd.org 2008 low floor 35ft gillig bus 0802 on route 6 e. cook ash white oaks mall low floor gillig 35ft bus decorated with christmas lights for toys for tots christmas bus decorated for toys for tots low floor gillig 2011 series . 35 ft. on route 1 n. fifth before turning into route 18 lawrence knox knolls first new 2013 cng new flyer . 1 of 7 all 35ft the springfield mass transit district smtd is the mass transit district serving springfield illinois the state capital . contents 1 routes 2 cash fare transfers and passes 3 buses 4 paratransit 5 funding and employees 6 technology 7 recent developments 8 references 9 external links routes edit the springfield mass transit district operates 16 regular routes during the day 5 routes at night and 12 supplemental routes most of which serve schools . 1 on weekdays between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. most routes run every half hour with buses leaving downtown at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour . some routes run only once an hour during part of the day . on weeknights and saturdays between 6 45 and 10 45 p.m. buses leave downtown once an hour at 45 minutes past the hour . the last buses of the night return to downtown at 11 45 p.m. supplemental routes run only once per day . no service is offered on sundays nor on new year s day memorial day independence day labor day thanksgiving or christmas . buses run the saturday schedule on martin luther king jr. day lincoln s birthday washington s birthday president s day and veterans day . 2 daytime routes route 1 north fifth route 2 north ninth route 3 grandview route 4 west jefferson route 5 north walnut route 6 east cook ash white oaks mall route 7 west washington white oaks mall route 8 1st & highland route 9 martin luther king jr. drive route 10 southern view laketown route 11 uis sangamon county public health department route 13 macarthur westchester jerome route 14 wabash prairie crossing seven pines gaines mill route 15 south eleventh uis llcc route 16 bergen park sand hill route 18 lawrence knox knolls evening routes route 901 north side route 902 southeast side route 903 west side via west washington route 904 west side via south macarthur route 905 uis llcc supplemental routes route 201 downtown to secretary of state and illinois department of transportation route 202 secretary of state and illinois department of transportation to downtown route 203 bruns lane to 11th and north grand route 204 11th and north grand to bruns lane route 205 downtown to 11th and north grand route 206 11th and north grand to downtown route 207 laketown southern view to ash and greentree route 208 ash and greentree to laketown southern view route 209 lewis and adams to downtown route 210 lewis and adams to east cook martin luther king jr. drive route 211 ash and greentree to downtown route 212 lewis and adams to amos golf brentwood cash fare transfers and passes edit regular bus fare is 1.25 for anyone age five or over . up to two children under the age of four are permitted on the buses free of charge with an adult . more than two children under this age will cost an additional 60 cents . for senior citizens disabled persons or medicare card holders fare is 60 cents with proof of such status . transfers between connecting buses are free and available upon request of the driver when fare is initially paid . 3 bus passes are available at area businesses public private and parochial schools and the smtd home office at 928 s. 9th street . three different kinds of passes are available and are color coded for easy identification . regular discount pass yellow 20 rides 20.00 senior citizen pass peach 20 rides 12.00 disabled person pass blue 20 rides 12.00 buses edit the routes are covered with 57 buses 31 fueled with natural gas and 17 paratransit vans . as of jan. 1 2014 the buses are two 1996 new flyer industries compressed natural gas buses eleven 2000 new flyer industries compressed natural gas buses seven 2003 new flyer industries compressed natural gas buses three 2005 eldorado national compressed natural gas 30 buses four 2008 gillig diesel buses ten 2011 gillig diesel buses five 2013 gillig diesel 30 buses seven 2013 new flyer industries compressed natural gas buses seven 2014 gillig diesel buses paratransit edit the smtd operates a paratransit service named access springfield for disabled people who are unable to use the regular buses . service is available at the same times that the regular buses are operating . 4 funding and employees edit in 2006 the employee headcount was 119 of whom 99 were members of labor unions and 20 were administrative personnel . the annual budget was 7.6 million . only 9 % of the smtd s 2006 operating budget was met through fares paid by riders . an additional 3 % was earned through other private sector style income streams such as income from placards and billboards on the buses and the remaining 88 % consisted of federal state and local public sector subsidies . 5 technology edit smtd s route information was integrated into google transit on may 12th 2016 . the district also freely provides their schedule data in the general transit feed specification format for developers and hobbyist to incorporate in their own apps . other apps using this data include bing maps yahoo maps here wego and moovit . real time data is not currently available . 6 7 recent developments edit saturday night service was added on august 27th 2016 . 8 recently the district received a 650 000 grant to make all bus stops compliant with the americans with disabilities act . as of 2012 all buses are equipped with bike racks . in july 2015 the smtd eliminated many routes including the east side route 19 special historic sites and southwind park routes a shuttle bus that served the illinois state fairgrounds during the fair and several supplemental routes that served the illinois department of revenue and some local schools . night service was also reduced ; the last trip of the night which had begun at 11 45 p.m. from downtown was discontinued . 9 references edit routes . smtd . general info . smtd . basic fare information . smtd . eligibility . smtd . stats & docs . smtd . apps . smtd . gtfs info . smtd . smtd adding saturday night service . smtd . news . smtd . external links edit springfield mass transit district homepage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title springfield mass transit district & oldid 738483881 categories bus transportation in illinoisdistricts of illinoisspringfield illinoistransit agencies in illinoishidden categories illinois articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation 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