Terre Haute Transit

Terre Haute Transit Utility
Headquarters 901 S. 14th Street
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

N 9th/12 Pts Route passing Union Hospital

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]

Bus routes

Day

Evening

Campus

Paratransit

Wheels to the World provides service to ADA qualified passengers during regular operating hours.[3]

Fares and Passes

Fares

14 Ride Pass

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

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

Indiana State University students, faculty and staff are able to ride the bus for free by showing their university ID.[4] 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.[5]
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.[6]

Fleet

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.

References

  1. ↑ National Transit Database: Profile for Terre Haute Transit Utility
  2. 1 2 Howard Greninger (4 February 2010). "Numbers up and down for buses". The Tribune-Star. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  3. 1 2 Terre Haute Transit Utility
  4. ↑ http://www.indstate.edu/sga/BusInitiative.htm
  5. ↑ http://tribstar.com/news/x295330145/Numbers-up-and-down-for-buses
  6. ↑ http://www.ivytech.edu/terrehaute/stories/campustransit.html
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