Terre Haute Transit

Terre Haute Transit Utility
Headquarters901 S. 14th Street
LocaleTerre Haute, IN
Service typebus service, paratransit
Routes8
Fleet11[1]
Annual ridership299,949 (2009)[2]
Fuel typediesel, hybrid electric, gasoline[2]
Websitetransit-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]

The city began operating bus service in 1964.[4]

Bus routes

Day

Evening

Campus

Paratransit

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

Fares and Passes

The municipal buses can be used free of charge from January 2, 2025.[5]

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.[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

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

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

The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response services.[11]

100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

See also

References

  1. ^ National Transit Database: Profile for Terre Haute Transit Utility
  2. ^ a b Howard Greninger (4 February 2010). "Numbers up and down for buses". The Tribune-Star. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b Terre Haute Transit Utility
  4. ^ "City Assumes Bus Operation". Terre Haute Tribune. Terre Haute. 1964-09-22. p. 11 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  5. ^ Ethan Sandweiss (2024-12-02). "Terre Haute buses will be free in 2025". Indiana Public Media. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  6. ^ "Student Government Association". 27 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Numbers up and down for buses | Local News | tribstar.com".
  8. ^ http://www.ivytech.edu/terrehaute/stories/campustransit.html [dead link‍]
  9. ^ Arthur Foulkes (May 17, 2008). "New downtown parking garage ready to open". Tribune Star. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  10. ^ Sue Loughlin (February 17, 2016). "Greyhound-Miller closes office, but maintains stops". Tribune Star. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  11. ^ "The National Transit Database (NTD)". Retrieved September 7, 2023.