Metropolitan Transit Authority of Black Hawk County

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Metropolitan Transit Authority of Black Hawk County
MET Transit bus.jpg
A MET Transit bus in June 2023
Founded1972
Headquarters1515 Black Hawk Street
Locale Waterloo, Iowa
Service area Black Hawk County, Iowa
Service type bus service, paratransit
Routes12
Website http://www.mettransit.org/index.html

The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Black Hawk County, marketed as MET Transit, is the primary provider of mass transportation in the cities of Waterloo and Cedar Falls, Iowa. The agency was founded in 1972, after the private National City Lines, which had operated public transit under contract from the city, pulled out of providing fixed routes, which led to the city directly taking over this service.

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MET Transit is a flag down system, which means there are no dedicated bus stops, and a bus may be flagged down at any near side intersection along a route. [1]

Routes

Facilities

Fixed Route Ridership

The ridership and service statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response. Per capita statistics are based on the Waterloo urbanized area as reported in NTD data. Starting in 2011, 2010 census numbers replace the 2000 census numbers to calculate per capita statistics. [4]

RidershipChangeRidership per capita
2005345,203n/a3.19
2006349,957Increase2.svg1.38%3.23
2007405,426Increase2.svg15.85%3.74
2008452,612Increase2.svg11.64%4.18
2009454,033Increase2.svg0.31%4.19
2010462,755Increase2.svg1.92%4.27
2011455,237Decrease2.svg1.62%4.01
2012497,421Increase2.svg9.27%4.39
2013511,969Increase2.svg2.92%4.51
2014426,274Decrease2.svg16.74%3.76
2015426,905Increase2.svg0.15%3.76
2016452,608Increase2.svg6.02%3.99
2017429,234Decrease2.svg5.16%3.78
2018368,744Decrease2.svg14.09%3.25
2019351,264Decrease2.svg4.74%3.1
2020313,464Decrease2.svg10.76%2.76

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References

  1. "MET Transit Rider Guide" . Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  2. "New MET bus center open for business". The Courier. February 27, 1989. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  3. "UNI Multimodal Transportation Center". Architect Magazine. January 4, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  4. "The National Transit Database (NTD)" . Retrieved June 30, 2022.