Public Transportation Services

Transit Map Search Guide

Geographic Assignment of Transit Program Administration

Transit Agency Listing

The Iowa DOT may only distribute state and federal public transit assistance to public transit systems that have been duly designated as a single administrative agency (transit system). There are 35 such public transit systems in Iowa.

Small Urban

Small Urban Transit Systems
Agency	Service Area	Director
Burlington Urban Service	Burlington and West Burlington	Nick MacGregor
City of Clinton, Municipal Transit Administration	Clinton	John Griffin
City of Fort Dodge (DART)	Fort Dodge	Shelly Mahan
Marshalltown Municipal Transit	Marshalltown	Kevin Pigors
City of Mason City	Mason City	Dylan Schulte
City of Muscatine	Muscatine	Amy Fortenbacher
Ottumwa Transit	Ottumwa	Jay Allison

Large Urban

Large Urban Transit Systems
Agency	Service Area	Director
Ames Transit Agency/CyRide	Ames	Barb Neal
City of Bettendorf	Bettendorf and downtown Moline, IL	Austin Whelan
University of Iowa, Cambus	University of Iowa campus, Oakdale campus and commuter parking lots	Mia Brunelli
Cedar Rapids Transit	Cedar Rapids, Marion and Hiawatha	Sergio Hill
Coralville Transit System	Coralville	Vicky Robrock
City of Council Bluffs	Council Bluffs	Tami Jenson
Davenport Public Transit (CitiBus)	Davenport and downtown Rock Island, IL	Jeff Wolf
Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART)	All of Polk County including the cities of: Des Moines, Altoona, Ankeny, Clive, Johnston, Urbandale, West Des Moines, Windsor Heights, Mitchellville, Bondurant, Pleasant Hill, Carlisle, Alleman, Polk City, Granger and Grimes	Erin Hockman
City of Dubuque, The Jule	Dubuque and East Dubuque, IL	Ryan Knuckey
Iowa City Transit	Iowa City and University Heights	Darian Nagle-Gamm
Sioux City Transit System	Sioux City; South Sioux City, NE; and North Sioux City, SD	Jason Allen
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Black Hawk County/Waterloo MET	Cedar Falls and Waterloo	David Sturch

Regional

Regional Transit Systems
Region	Agency	Service Area	Director
1	Northeast Iowa Community Action Corporation - Transit/NEICAC-T	Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard and Winneshiek counties	Ken Wohlford
2	North Iowa Area Council of Governments/Region 2 Transit	Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Hancock, Kossuth, Mitchell, Winnebago and Worth counties	Kevin Kramer
3	Regional Transit Authority/RIDES	Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto and Sioux counties	Hugh Lively
4	Siouxland Regional Transit System	Cherokee, Ida, Monona, Plymouth, Woodbury, Southern Union County (South Dakota), and Dakota County (Nebraska)	Brian Pearson
5	MIDAS Council of Governments	Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster and Wright counties	Shelly Mahan
6	Region Six Planning Commission/ PeopleRides	Hardin, Marshall, Poweshiek and Tama counties	Mark Newberg
7	Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments / OnBoard Public Transit	Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw and Grundy counties	Nick Fratzke
8	Region 8 Regional Transit Authority (RTA)	Delaware, Dubuque and Jackson counties	Chandra Ravada
9	River Bend Transit	Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine and Scott counties; and the Illinois Quad Cities area	Sherli Childers
10	CorridorRides	Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn and Washington counties	Brock Grenis
11	Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency	Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Story and Warren counties	Julia Castillo
12	Region XII Council of Governments/Western Iowa Transit System	Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie and Sac counties	Matt Cleveland
13	Southwest Iowa Planning Council/Southwest Iowa Transit Agency	Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby counties	Mark Lander
14	Southern Iowa Trolley	Adair, Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor and Union counties	Leesa Lester
15	10-15 Regional Transit Agency	Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Van Buren, Wapello and Wayne counties	Jay Allison
16	South East Iowa Regional Planning Commission/SEIBUS	Des Moines, Henry, Lee and Louisa counties	Pat Inrachavongsa

Intercity Bus Companies

Intercity bus service is an extremely valuable transportation resource for Iowa's citizens who do not drive or choose not to drive. This service allows them to reach destinations across the country.

Printable Intercity Bus Route Map (6.97 MB) .pdf
Iowa Intercity Bus Information Line: 800-451-5333

Veteran and Human Service Transportation

Mobility is the key to independence, but lack of transportation or inability to drive does not have to keep you from traveling.

Find a service provider for veteran and human service transportation through the LifeLong Links one-call one-click center (866-468-7887). A number of options exist to ensure you can safely get from Point A to Point B.

Nonemergency Medical & Waiver Transportation

Iowa Medicaid members with full benefits and clients with Medicaid Waiver benefits may qualify for non-emergency medical and/or Waiver-approved transportation. To determine your benefits and transportation provider, please contact the Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT).