Human Services Transportation Planning

We want to hear from you.

The McLean County Regional Planning Commission is seeking public input for the 2024 update of the Human Services Transportation Plan (HSTP), specific to the rural areas of Ford, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston and McLean (Region 6).

The plan is funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation and specifically addresses the public transportation needs of the disadvantaged rural populations including seniors, individuals with disabilities, veterans and people with low income.

Deadline to submit comments is Friday May 24, 2024.

To review the 2024 update to the HST Plan, please click here!

To leave a public comment, please click here!

The Human Services Transportation Plan (HSTP) works to ensure the best possible use of scarce public transportation resources, identifying goals for transit service and objectives for implementation. The plan draws together two communities – public and private providers of transportation services, and social service agencies and advocacy groups representing the riders. Some social service agencies are also transportation providers.

This program began as a federal funding initiative to make the most effective use of resources for transportation for seniors, people with disabilities and others needing paratransit service such as non-emergency medical transportation particularly in rural areas. Urbanized Areas with Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) that have their own HSTP process/committees and/or plans within Region 6 are also included.

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Rural County Areas

Ford County

Iroquois County

Kankakee County

Livingston County

McLean County

Urbanized Areas

Bloomington/Normal

Kankakee

Bylaws

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News & Meetings

Region 6 HSTP Committee

Services

A number of service providers operate in Region 6, some of which provide public transit service, and others who serve limited populations, agency or institutional clients or schools. You can use this search engine to find what public transit service is near you.

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Region 6 by the Numbers

You can find demographic information regarding the 5 counties in Region 6. Each metric is measured by all 5 counties individually and if a blue bar is present along the bottom, historic data can be seen by dragging the light blue box back and forth. You can find demographics on population, vehicle ownership, income, poverty, employment, and veteran status for all 5 counties on this page.

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