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Madison County Transit
Public transit and bike trail system in Madison County, Illinois, U.S. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madison County Transit, or MCT for short, is a bus and bike trail transportation system that serves the citizens of Madison County, which is located in Illinois approximately 20 miles (32 km) northeast of St. Louis. It was created in 1980 by the Madison County Board to improve transportation in Madison County,[1] and is a completely separate transit system from the St. Louis Metro Transit system which includes MetroLink, which doesn't operate into Madison County, though the buses connect with many MetroBus routes and even serve MetroLink stations in East St. Louis, Belleville and Downtown St. Louis.
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Founded | 1980[1] |
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Headquarters | 1 Transit Way Pontoon Beach, Illinois, 62040, U.S. |
Service area | Madison County, Illinois St. Clair County, Illinois St. Louis, Missouri |
Service type | Bus Paratransit Bike trails |
Alliance | St. Clair County Transit District Metro Transit |
Routes | 26 bus routes 12 bike trails |
Hubs | 5 transit centers 18 park and ride lots |
Fleet | 88 Diesel buses 26 Paratransit vans[2] |
Daily ridership | 5,800 (weekdays, Q1 2024)[3] |
Annual ridership | 1,586,800 (2023)[4] |
Chief executive | SJ Morrison[5] |
Website | mct.org |
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In 2023, the system had an annual ridership of 1,586,800, or about 5,800 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2024.