• Travelling in the Illinois Valley

  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

    BPART Servicing Bureau & Putnam Counties 877/874-8813

    NCAT North Central Area Transit 833-433-NCAT (6228)

    AIRPORTS & RELATED INFORMATION

    Illinois Valley Regional Airport - Peru, IL - Within ten minutes of LaSalle, Oglesby and Spring Valley

    Midwest AVtech - Illinois Valley Regional Airport -Peru, IL

    Central Illinois Regional Airport - Bloomington, IL - 55 miles

    Midway International Airport - Chicago, IL - 80 miles

    O'Hare International Airport - Chicago, IL - 90 miles

    Chicago Rockford Int. Airport - Rockford, IL - 70 miles

    Peoria International Airport - Peoria, IL -60 miles

    Quad City Airport - Rock Island/Moline, IL - 80 miles

    BUS LINES

    Green River Lines 3131 May Road, Peru, IL 61354 815/224-9276

    Greyhound Connect route that stops in Oglesby. This route runs daily from Chicago to Danville and back.

    COMMUTER RAIL

    Amtrak is accessible from Princeton to our west (20 miles) or Mendota to our north (14 miles)

    RIVER ACCESS POINTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER

    • Public Boat Launching Ramps

    South side of the river at Peru (Route 251)
    Starved Rock State Park, Utica
    Barto Landing, Spring Valley

    • Boat Clubs/Marina's

    South Shore Boat Club, Peru- 815/223-9890
    Starved Rock Marina, Ottawa- 815/433-4218
    Spring Valley Boat Club/Barto Landing - 815/664-9096

    Act II Transportation - (1-800-769-8891) Daily service from Flying J in LaSalle, IL to Midway & O’ Hare Airports. 

    • Departs from Flying J: 
      9:20 a.m., 12:20 p.m., and 3:20 p.m.
       
    • Arrives at the airport:
      11 a.m., 2:00 p.m., and 5 p.m.
       
    • Departs from the airport:
      2 p.m., 5 p.m., and 8 p.m.
       
    • Arrives at Flying J:
      4 p.m., 7 p.m., and 10 p.m.,

    IV Airport Shuttle - Phil Kinsella - 815/200-3240

    • O'Hare - Midway - Chicago, IL
    • Bloomington - Peoria, IL
    • Rockford - Moline, IL

    www.ivairportshuttle.com

    CITY CAB SERVICES

    City Cab
    206 3rd St, La Salle, IL 61301
    815-224-8294

    Twin City Cab
    2027 10th Street, Peru, IL 61354
    815-223-1619

  • North Central Area Transport Van
  • "NCAT provides public transportation Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm for residents and guests of LaSalle County".

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  • Bureau-Putnam Area Rural Transit or BPART  and  are demand response, curb-to-curb transportation service for Bureau and Putnam counties.Same day service may be available.

  • There is an Amtrak station in both Princeton and Mendota
  • Amtrak has lines throughout Illinois. Check out these five incredible day trips by train.