Headquarters | 905 E Main St, Marshalltown, IA 50158 |
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Locale | Marshalltown, Iowa |
Service area | Marshall County, Iowa |
Service type | Bus service, paratransit |
Routes | 11 |
Hubs | Fisher Community Center |
Fleet | 10 (9 buses & 1 cutaway) |
Annual ridership | 75,629 (2019) |
Website | Marshalltown Municipal Transit |
Marshalltown Municipal Transit, also stylized as mmt, is the primary provider of mass transportation in Marshalltown, Iowa with eleven routes serving the region. As of 2019, the system provided 75,629 rides over 9,072 annual vehicle revenue hours with 6 buses and 3 paratransit vehicles. [1]
Public transit in Marshalltown began with horsecars in 1878, with the Marshalltown Street Railway Co. From 1892 to 1893, the horsecars were replaced with streetcars, which in turn were replaced by buses in 1929. [2] In 2020, fares were temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] Later that year, the agency offered free rides to polling places for election day. [4] Due to staffing shortages, two of the seasonal routes have been temporarily suspended beginning July 5, 2023. [5]
Marshalltown Municipal Transit operates 5 regular weekday bus routes on a pulse system with all routes serving the Fisher Community Center either on the hour or half hour. These five routes are augmented by two AM Routes, which only make two runs in the morning. In addition, there are four seasonal routes, three of which make one run per day from August to June, while one additional route runs June to August. [6] [7]
Hours of operation for the system are Monday through Friday from 7:15 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. There is no service on Saturdays and Sundays. Regular fares are $1.00. [8] [9]
Marshalltown Municipal Transit operates 10 bus in its fixed-route fleet. The fleet consists of five 29 foot Gillig Low Floor transit buses, a Chevrolet/Glaval G4500 Titan II LF cutaway bus, and a handful of second-hand and third-hand 40 foot Gillig transit buses formerly operated by CyRide. The current fixed-route fleet is listed in the table below. [10]
Fleet number(s) | Photo | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Powertrain | Notes |
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011, 013 | 2001 | Gillig | Phantom 40' |
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014 | Gillig | Low Floor 40' | ||||
101 | 2010 | Gillig | Low Floor 29' | |||
109 | 2009 | Gillig | Low Floor 29' | |||
121 | 2012 | Gillig | Low Floor 29' | |||
131 | 2013 | Gillig | Low Floor 29' | |||
181 | 2018 | Gillig | Low Floor 29' | |||
191 | 2019 | Chevrolet/ Glaval | G4500/ Titan II LF | |||
991 | 1999 | Gillig | Low Floor 40' |
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The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response services. [11]
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