Terre Haute Transit
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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 |
Terre Haute Transit Utility or Terre Haute City Bus provides public transportation in the city of Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana.
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
[edit]Day
[edit]- East Wabash/East Locust
- Honey Creek Mall
- North 19th/12 Points
- Plaza North
- South 7th
- Southeast/Southside
Evening
[edit]Campus
[edit]Paratransit
[edit]Wheels to the World provides service to ADA qualified passengers during regular operating hours.[3]
Fares and Passes
[edit]The municipal buses can be used free of charge from January 2, 2025.[5]
Fares
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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
[edit]14-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
[edit]Indiana State University students, faculty and staff are able to ride the bus for free by showing their university ID.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8]
Fleet
[edit]Terre 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
[edit]The 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.[9] The facility is also served by Greyhound Lines buses.[10]
Fixed route ridership
[edit]The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response services.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[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.
- ^ Ethan Sandweiss (2024-12-02). "Terre Haute buses will be free in 2025". Indiana Public Media. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
- ^ "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.