Terre Haute Transit Utility or Terre Haute City Bus provides public transportation in the city of Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
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| Headquarters | 901 S. 14th Street |
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| Locale | Terre Haute, IN |
| Service type | bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 8 |
| Fleet | 11[1] |
| Annual ridership | 299,949 (2009)[2] |
| Fuel type | diesel, hybrid electric, gasoline[2] |
| Website | transit-department |
Services
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Transportation is provided Monday through Saturday on 6 day and 3 evening fixed route lines along with two campus routes. One through the Indiana State University campus and another connecting to the Ivy Tech Main Campus.[3]
The city began operating bus service in 1964.[4]
Bus routes
editDay
edit- East Wabash/East Locust
- Honey Creek Mall
- North 19th/12 Points
- Plaza North
- South 7th
- Southeast/Southside
Evening
editCampus
editParatransit
editWheels to the World provides service to ADA qualified passengers during regular operating hours.[3]
Fares and Passes
editFares
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Regular: $1.75 - Children 5 & under ride free when accompanied by an adult.
Reduced: $.75 - for Senior Citizens/Disabled/Medicare Card Holders (ID Required) from 9:15am – 3:15pm & 7:00pm – 11:00pm
Passes
edit14-Ride Pass: $18.00 is available from the driver or at the Transit Office.
31-Day Pass: $40.00 - Unlimited rides for 31 days from the activation date. Available at the Transit Office at the new Multi-Modal Parking Garage.
Campus Agreements
editIndiana State University students, faculty and staff are able to ride the bus for free by showing their university ID.[5] This is a result of a contract with the university where it pays the transit utility $110,000 per semester, which is matched with federal transit funds.[6]
Ivy Tech students and staff have the choice to ride the Terre Haute City Bus as well as the CampusTransit Shuttle Bus at no charge by showing a valid Ivy Tech ID.[7]
Fleet
editTerre Haute transit uses a number of "Paratransit" vehicles manufactured by StarTrans. Fleet numbers range from 30-42 and a StarTrans Replica Trolley. Their fleet also includes two Azure Citibuses, hybrid type vehicles, that were entered service in May 2010.
Transfer Center
editThe bus transfer center, located at 8th and Cherry streets, serves as the primary transfer point for Terre Haute Transit buses. The facility is located on the ground level of a parking garage constructed in 2008.[8] The facility is also served by Greyhound Lines buses.[9]
Fixed route ridership
editThe ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response services.[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ National Transit Database: Profile for Terre Haute Transit Utility
- ^ a b Howard Greninger (4 February 2010). "Numbers up and down for buses". The Tribune-Star. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ a b Terre Haute Transit Utility
- ^ "City Assumes Bus Operation". Terre Haute Tribune. Terre Haute. 1964-09-22. p. 11 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
- ^ "Student Government Association". 27 April 2015.
- ^ "Numbers up and down for buses | Local News | tribstar.com".
- ^ http://www.ivytech.edu/terrehaute/stories/campustransit.html [dead link]
- ^ Arthur Foulkes (May 17, 2008). "New downtown parking garage ready to open". Tribune Star. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ^ Sue Loughlin (February 17, 2016). "Greyhound-Miller closes office, but maintains stops". Tribune Star. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
- ^ "The National Transit Database (NTD)". Retrieved September 7, 2023.