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Campus
on Bloomington Transit
Convenient Service to/from Most
Apartment Complexes and
Residence Halls to Campus
Just Show Your IU Campus Access ID Card
And Ride Bloomington
Transit Free
Avoid Parking Hassles and Traffic
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The
best way to campus is Bloomington Transit! Convenient service is
available to and from campus for most apartment complexes and residence
halls. Avoid the expense and hassle of finding a parking space not
to mention the traffic. Why pay $2.50/gallon for gas when you can
ride Bloomington Transit free by showing your IU Campus Access ID Card!
Most
off-campus apartment complexes have convenient bus service to and from
campus including Smallwood Plaza, 10th and College, The Lofts, Campus
Corner, Covenanter Gardens, Bradford Place, Colonial Crest, Fountain
Park, Town and Country, Meadow Park, Woodbridge I-II-III, the Barrington
Apts., the Crest, Steeplechase, Woodlands, the Fields, Oakdale Square,
Basswood, Forrest Ridge, Bradford Ridge, Copper Beech, Rolling Ridge,
Willows, the Woods at Latimer, Knightridge, Brownstone, Park Doral, Summit
Pointe, Hoosier Court at Henderson, Acadia Court, the Gardens, Hunter
Ridge, Brandon Court, Timber Ridge, Winslow Ridge, Yorktown, Heritage,
Maxwell Terrace, Walnut Knolls, Dunhill, Pigskin , and many more.
Many IU
Residence Halls also have great service on Bloomington Transit.
Residence Halls such as Eigenmann, Tulip Tree, Forest Quad, University
Apts., Briscoe Quad, McNutt Quad, Wright Quad, Teter Quad, and Collins
LLC are well served by Bloomington Transit routes.
To find
out which route to take, click here to see the entire
map of all Bloomington Transit routes. Using this map, you can
determine which is the best route to use. Once you determine which
route to use, you can see descriptions of each route and links to
individual route maps and schedules as shown below. Just click on
the map or schedule you need. If you need more information on bus
routes and schedules, just call us at 336-RIDE (7433).
IU faculty,
staff and employees also ride Bloomington Transit free upon presentation
of a faculty/staff photo bus pass which can be obtained by applying
online by clicking here:
1 Fee Lane/BHS North. This route serves much of the Fee Lane area of campus and goes
past the Stadium on the way to campus If you live in the Brownstone
Apartments this is a good way to get to places like the Kelley School of
Business, the IU Library, and other locations on 10th Street west of Jordan.
This bus runs every 60 minutes, Monday through Saturday. Check the schedule
for
times.
1 South Walnut/Arbor Glen. This route provides service to the
southwest corner of campus near the Law School, Sample Gates, and Bryan
Hall from the south side of Bloomington including streets like Washington
Street (south of 3rd), Henderson Street (south of Grimes Ln), and
apartment complexes such as Barclay Square, Brandon Court, Summit Pointe,
Timber Ridge, Winslow Ridge, and Arbor Glen, and Clear Creek Shopping
Center at Rhorer Road and S.Walnut This bus runs every 30-60 minutes, Monday
through Friday, and every 60 minutes on Saturday. Beginning August 31,
2009 several areas previously served by this route will again have direct
service including North
Drive, S.Walnut between North Drive and E. Miller Drive, and E. Miller Drive
between S. Walnut and Henderson. Please check the
schedule for the new routing.
2 West 11th Street/Showers Complex. This bus
serves the Arlington Park Apartments as well as the Crestmont Park
area, parts of Maple Street,
Rogers Street, and Morton Street.
This route goes to downtown with no direct service to campus, however,
you can transfer to other campus-bound routes at our 4th and Washington
passenger facility. This bus runs every 30 minutes, Monday through
Friday. This bus runs every 60 minutes on Saturday. Check the schedule for times.
2 South Rogers/Countryview. This route serves
the Seminary Square shopping center, Bloomington Hospital, the South
Rogers Street area, Countryview Apartments, and parts of Rockport Road
and and Graham Drive. No direct service to campus is available on this
route, however, you can transfer to other campus-bound routes at our 4th
and Washington
passenger facility. This bus runs every 30 minutes, Monday
through Friday. It runs every 60 minutes on Saturday. Check the schedule for times.
3 College Mall/Bradford Place. This route provides excellent
service to the south side of campus along E. 3rd Street from places like
Campus Corner apartments, Covenanter
Gardens, the Woods at Latimer,
and Hunter Ridge apartments. This route
also provides great service from downtown and campus to the College Mall
as well as Eastland Plaza and Jackson Creek
shopping centers and K Mart east. This bus runs every 30 minutes,
Monday through Saturday. Check the schedule for times.
3 Highland Village/Curry Pike. This route serves the West
Kirkwood and West 3rd Street areas including Whitehall Crossing shopping
center (Old Navy, TJ Maxx, Lowe's), K Mart west, Sam's Club (on request
only service to Sam’s Club), Aldi's and Walmart. It also serves the
Highland Village
area and the Kirkwood
apartments and parts of Curry Pike and Liberty Drive. This bus runs
every 30 minutes, Monday through Friday. It runs every 60 minutes
on Saturday. Check the schedule for times.
4 High Street/Sherwood Oaks. This route provides service to the
south side of campus and downtown from places such as Sherwood Oaks, Acadia Court
apartments, Winslow
Ridge apartments,
Heritage apartments, and Maxwell Terrace apartments. This is also a
good route to get to the YMCA. Runs every 60 minutes, Monday
through Saturday. Check the schedule for times. If you live in
Heritage or Maxwell Terrace apartments, a short walk will take you High St.
where you can catch the 5
Sare Road route to the south side of campus
and downtown.
4 Bloomfield Road/Heatherwood. This routes serves the Bloomfield
Road (W. 2nd Street) area with direct service to downtown and the south
side of campus from places like the Bicycle apartments Willows
apartments, Oakdale Square apartments, Basswood apartments, Bradford
Ridge apartments, Forest Ride apartments, Copper Beech apartments,
Canterbury apartments, and Heatherwood Mobile Home Court. Also
provides service to Sam's Club, Walmart, and Bloomington Hospital.
It runs every 60 minutes, Monday through Saturday. Check the schedule
for
times.
5 Sare Road. This route provides service to the
south side of campus and downtown from places like Steeplechase
apartments, the Gardens, Oaklawn townhomes, Woodlands, and Maxwell
Terrace apartments. It also provides service to Jackson Creek
Middle School and
Child’s Elementary. It runs every 60 minutes, Monday through
Saturday. Check the schedule for times.
6 Campus Shuttle. If you live in Smallwood Plaza,
the 10th and College Apartments, or The Lofts, this is the route to take
to get to the 10th Street area of campus as well as the HPER building and
the Memorial Union. This route is also the best way to get to
campus along 10th Street
from many off-campus apartment complexes such as Fountain
Park, Woodbridge I-II-III, the
new Barrington Apartments, Meadow
Park, Yorktown,
Bradford Place,
Knightridge, and Colonial Crest. This route also provides great
service to and from Eigenmann Hall and other residence halls on 10th Street. The
6 Limited is a shortened version of the 6 Campus Shuttle and operates
between Smallwood
Plaza to the west
and Fountain Park Apartments on the eastside. Service operates on College (between 10th St.
and 7th St.),
7th Street
(between College and Woodlawn), and 10th Street (between
Woodlawn and Fountain Park Apartments).
Route 6 Campus Shuttle
and the 6 Limited are a great way to get to the Kelly Business School, IU
Library, Geology, Psychology, HPER building, the Memorial Union, and
other buildings. Service
runs every 20 minutes on both the east and west sides of the route,
Monday through Friday, during the day. On weeknights the 6 Campus
Shuttle runs every 60 minutes up to 11:30 p.m. The 6 Campus
Shuttle runs every 60 minutes on Saturday, Sunday, and on weekdays during
the summer months and break periods.
New Night Owl service on the 6 Campus Shuttle is available on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights during the IU Fall and Spring
semesters with service until 3:25 a.m. on these nights. No Night Owl service on the 6 Campus
Shuttle is provided into the Knightridge Apartments after 11:30 p.m. Check the schedule for times.
7 Henderson/Walnut Express. This route is the best way to the 3rd Street
area of campus if you live along S. Henderson Street in apartment
complexes such as Hoosier
Court at Henderson, Summitt Pointe, Timber
Ridge, or Brandon Court.
This is also a great way to get from the Winslow Farms area to campus and
downtown. Frequency of this route is every 15-20 minutes, Monday
through Friday, during the IU fall and spring semesters. After 7:30
p.m. each weeknight, the service runs every 30 minutes. Hours
of operation are from 7:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Check the schedule
for times.
8 Eastside Local. This route connects persons living
in Hyde Park, The Stands, Park Ridge, Sare Road,
Steeplechase Apartments, Oaklawn townhomes, 10th Street, and Pete Ellis Drive areas with the
College Mall, Eastland Plaza, and Jackson Creek
shopping center. There is no direct service to campus or
downtown. Runs every 60 minutes, Monday through Saturday. The
routing that the bus travels for this route changes effective September
1, 2008, Please check the schedule for the new route and new times.
9 IU Campus/College Mall/Campus Corner. This is a favorite route for IU
students living in Campus Corner, Covenanter Gardens, the Woods at
Latimer, the Fields, Hunter Ridge, Park Doral, Tulip Tree, and
Eigenmann Hall to get to the IU Library, Kelley Business School, Music School,
Jordan Hall, Memorial Hall, Sample Gates, Geology, Psychology, and most
areas of campus on or south of 10th Street. Runs every 10-20
minutes, Monday through Friday. Runs every 40 minutes on Saturday
and Sundays. New Night Owl service is available on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights during the IU Fall and Spring semesters with service
until 3:25 a.m. on these nights.
During Night Owl times the 9 Route will deviate by way of north on
Indiana Avenue
to west on Kirkwood
to north on Walnut to east on 7th
Street then resuming the regular 9 Route.
Check the schedule for times
Transit Development Program Draft Final Report
BT
is pleased to report that the Draft Final Report for our Transit Development
Program Study is complete and now available for download. This study establishes the guiding plan
for development of transit service for Bloomington Transit for the next
5-10 years. To download a PDF file
of the report, please click here.
Service Changes for Routes 1 South, Route
3 West, Route 6 , and Route 9 Will Take Effect
August 31, 2009
Several service changes will take
effect on August 31, 2009 as described below. New maps and schedules for
these changes are now available on this site. Click here
to see the new maps and schedules.
Route 1 S.Walnut/Arbor Glen –
Southbound, the route will continue west along E. Miller to S. Walnut,
turning south on S. Walnut, then east on North Dr. the route will resume its
southbound path on Henderson St. Northbound, route 1 will travel along
Henderson, turn west on North Dr, then turn north onto S. Walnut St.
Next, the route will travel east on Miller Dr. and resume its usual
path. This change is reflected on the BT maps.
Route 3 Highland Village/Curry Pike – BT will only service the Sam’s Club
bus stop upon request. If you would like to be dropped off at Sam’s
Club, simply ask your driver when he or she is leaving the Walmart bus
stop. If you wish to be picked-up at Sam’s Club, call Bloomington
Transit for this request by the top of the hour and half past the hour.
Route 6 Campus Shuttle – The
route will provide Night Owl
service Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for the IU fall and spring
semesters. The service will end at 3:00 AM at Colonial Crest and 3:35 AM
at Bradford Place.
After midnight, Route 6 will not service Knightridge apartments. Night
Owl service on Route 6 only operates when IU is in full session. It will
not run during semester breaks or during the summer session.
9 IU Campus/College Mall/Campus Corner – The route will provide Night Owl service for the IU fall and spring semesters on
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday until 3:25 AM, ending at Campus Corner
Apts. Night Owl service on Route 6 only operates when IU is in full
session. It will not run during semester breaks or during the summer
session.
BT Access – BT Access service hours will expand on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights during the IU Fall and Spring semesters. The purpose of this service is to
mirror the expanded Night Owl service being provided on Routes 6 and 9 on
these same nights. BT Access will
be available until 3:35 a.m. on these nights with several important
limitations. First, this service
to 3:35 a.m. will be provided only if the trip origin and
destination is within ¾ mile of the existing Night Owl service being
provided on Routes 6 and 9.
Second, the last dropoff on these three nights must occur no later
than 3:35 a.m. Lastly, this
service (like the Night Owl service on Routes 6 and 9) will only be
provided on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights during the IU Fall and
Spring semesters. No BT Access (or
Night Owl service on Routes 6 and 9) will be provided during break
periods such as Thanksgiving break, Christmas/New Year break, Spring
break, Summer break, etc.
Again, new maps and schedules for all of the above fixed
route service changes are now available on this web site.
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