Iowa City Transit

Iowa City Transit is an American public transit system serving Iowa City, Iowa. The service provides several routes serving various areas of the city as well as University Heights, originating and terminating at the Iowa City Downtown Interchange. In addition, a loop route is provided for school students at the beginning and end of each school day. In addition to Iowa City Transit, Coralville Transit and the University of Iowa Cambus also provide transit service in the Iowa City area, and Iowa City Transit shares several bus stops with them.[1][2]

Iowa City Transit
Iowa City Transit #104, a Proterra ZX5 electric bus.
Headquarters1200 South Riverside Drive, Iowa City, IA 52246 United States
LocaleIowa City, IA United States
Service areaIowa City/University Heights
Service typeTransit bus
Routes13
Hubs1 (Iowa City Downtown Interchange)
Fleet27
Fuel typeDiesel, Electric
Chief executiveDarian Nagle-Gamm
WebsiteIowa City Transit

Routes

Iowa City Transit operates 13 routes, all of which originate and terminate at the Iowa City Downtown Interchange except for route 3 (Eastside Loop). Prior to August 2, 2021, Iowa City Transit operated 26 unnumbered routes, and several of the current routes are identical to those in the previous system.[3] Some routes are interlined, which means that once a bus completes its route and returns to the Downtown Interchange, it will change to a different route. All routes operate from Monday to Saturday, with reduced service on evenings and Saturdays. This is in contrast to the previous system, where only a select number of routes operated a modified route for evenings and Saturdays. There is no service on Sundays and holidays.[2][4][5]

Route 5 at Downtown Interchange.

Route list
№ Name Notes
1 South Iowa City
2 Court Street
3 Eastside Loop
  • Operates one AM trip 3A and one PM trip 3P concurrent with Iowa City Community School District start and end times. The AM and PM routes follow roughly the same route in opposite directions.
  • The only ICT route to not start and terminate at the Downtown Interchange.
4 Downtown Shuttle
5 Lower Muscatine/Kirkwood
6 Peninsula
7 North Dodge
  • ACT loop served during peak hours only.
8 Oakcrest
9 Towncrest
10 West Iowa City
  • Irving Avenue/Shannon Drive loop served during off-peak hours only.
11 Rochester
12 Highway 1
13 South Gilbert

Bus tracking

Real-time bus tracking is available through the Transit app, which provides estimated arrival times at a bus stop and precise locations of buses on the map. The other two transit systems in the Iowa City area, Coralville Transit and Cambus, also use the Transit app. Prior to 2019, bus tracking for the Iowa City area transit systems was provided by BONGO (Bus on the Go).[1]

Future plans

Several plans for the Iowa City area transit systems were considered over the past few years as part of a multi-year transit study. Changes considered include service on Sundays, as well as the elimination of fares.[6][7][8]

In early 2021, Iowa City Transit made plans to introduce 4 Proterra ZX5 electric buses to the fleet, which will replace 4 existing diesel buses. A test bus operated briefly in the spring of 2021, and the 4 buses are expected to be delivered and enter revenue service in the fall of 2021.[9]

Fleet
Fleet number(s) Photo Year Manufacturer Model Engine Notes
56-61 2007 Gillig Low Floor 40' Cummins ISM
  • 57 & 59 retired in July 2022.
67-72 2010 Gillig Low Floor 40' Cummins ISL9
73-74 2012 Gillig Low Floor 40' Cummins ISL9
76-79 2017 Gillig Low Floor 40' Cummins L9
  • Feature a redesigned livery.
80-86 2018 Gillig Low Floor 40' Cummins L9
  • Feature a redesigned livery.
101-104 2021 Proterra ZX5
  • Entered revenue service on 1/24/2022.
  • Funded with the assistance of a $3.3 million in Federal Transit Administration and Iowa DOT grants.[10]
  • Not used on route 10 due to a low-clearance railroad bridge.[11]

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See also

References
  1. "Transit | City of Iowa City". www.icgov.org.
  2. "ArcGIS Web Application". maps.iowa-city.org.
  3. Staff, Iowa's News Now (July 30, 2021). "New transit routes, bus schedules in Iowa City take effect on August 2". KGAN.
  4. "Bus schedules | City of Iowa City". www.icgov.org.
  5. "Routes". icareatransit.org.
  6. "Iowa City Area Transit Study | City of Iowa City". www.icgov.org.
  7. "Transportation | City of Iowa City". www.icgov.org.
  8. "Johnson County is getting better, more connected transit". www.thegazette.com.
  9. Schmitt, Olivia (March 15, 2021). "Iowa City to add four electric buses to fleet".
  10. "Iowa City Transit takes climate action to the streets, rolling out 4 new electric buses Jan 24 | City of Iowa City".
  11. "Iowa City's new electric buses quietly creating a 'paradigm shift' in public transit". 31 January 2022.
  12. "PTMS Ranking - Transit Portal". secure.iowadot.gov.
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