Also included in the plan, still under review by the agency's board, are an accounting shift for some MCORE costs, the replacement of 11 older buses and $1.5 million in architectural and engineering costs for The Yards development. URBANA — Bus drivers working for the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District may be in line for a 2.5 percent raise starting July 1. Drivers currently earn $17 to $32 an hour, and their raises would be part of an across-the-board cost-of-living increase for MTD staff included in a budget proposal for fiscal 2020, according to MTD Managing Director Karl Gnadt. read more