By: Diane Benjamin

Have you noticed the media never reports on how much Connect Transit is costing taxpayers? Have you noticed you haven’t been told these bus subsidies exist across the country? The Champaign-Urbana bus system loses far more than Connect Transit.

Did you know the Danville Mass Transit District attempted to dissolve itself: https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2026/01/cris-mass-transit-violated-law-on-vote-to-dissolve/

This is a link to one of the earliest stories I wrote about Connect: https://blnnews.com/2015/12/17/you-are-being-robbed/

It was written on December 15, 2015.

Shown in that story is the monthly loss from a little over 10 years ago – October 2015.

$687,546.78

The December 2025 loss was:

$1,732,699.69

https://blnnews.com/2026/01/27/i-know-nobody-cares-but-connect-transit-losses-grow/

That is an increase of 152% in 10 years. The millions they threw away on electric buses isn’t included.

Next time some local elite mention “sustainability” just laugh. That word is nothing more than justification for taking more of your money.