#ProjectILHome a bounding box consisting of I-74 to the north, the #illinoisriver to the west, the all important state line to the east, and I-70 to the south.

Those aren’t hard lines, #champaignurbana area north of 74 is just fine for example, but it covers CU, #BloomingtonIL and #NormalIL , #peoria , #springfieldil , #decaturil, and #EffinghamIl (and Charleston and such).

Mated pair of American wigeons in #SpringfieldIL #birds

I really wish the North American #train #transit system was better... just out of curiosity, a train from #SpringfieldIL to #Toronto, #Ontario would take me 32 hours for about a 700 mile or 1100 km trip. A flight would be less than 4 hours air time. #rail

Things will be at least a little improved locally when the #IllinoisHighSpeedRail between Chicago and St. Louis is completed around 2025.