How MTD operates under severe weather conditions

Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District has been driving passengers from stop to stop for decades, whether it be through rain, thunderstorms and snow storms. 

But how does the MTD continue its services under extreme weather conditions?

Associate professor at the Department of Climate, Metrology and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Joseph Trujillo-Falcón and Operations Director at the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District, Jay Rank talk about how MTD continues its services under severe weather.

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