MCT Trails Master Plan 2024
HeartLands Conservancy was hired as the project consultant to prepare this Master Plan for a county-wide bicycle and pedestrian trail system in Madison County, Illinois known as MCT Trails. This trail system is operated by the Agency for Community Transit (ACT), the private non-profit organization is responsible for operating the Madison County Transit (MCT) public and para-transit bus services, carpool/vanpool program, and the MCT Trails system.
The core function of MCT, as with any transit agency, is to connect people to the places they need to go. Every person traveling by public transit begins and ends each trip with walking, which for the purposes of this plan includes the use of wheelchairs and other mobility aids. Bicycles and electric-powered micro-mobility devices, such as e-bikes and e-scooters, can serve the same role as walking and, generally speaking, may utilize the same facilities. However, walking and biking may also be primary modes of transportation, rather than being secondary to transit. So, through facilitating walking, biking, riding transit, or any combination of the three, the MCT Trails system is a logical extension of MCT’s transportation mission.
Author: Madison County Transit
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