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How to Ride



 

Riding The BT Bus

Please wait until departing passengers are off the bus before you board. Have your exact fare or pass ready when you board the bus. Remember drivers do not carry change. Also be sure to present your BT issued picture or student ID card to the driver when boarding the bus if you qualify for a special fare. If you need a transfer, ask the driver for one when you board the bus.

Please save front seats for senior citizens and persons with disabilities. If all seats are occupied, please move to the rear of the bus so that others can board and alight more easily.

As the bus nears the location where you want to get off, pull the cord located above the windows or press the yellow strip between the windows. A bell will alert the driver to stop the bus at the next stop to let you off. BT drivers announce major intersections and destination points along each route.

Transfers

Transfers are issued to provide service between two points not served by a single route. Transfers are only issued to customers who pay a fare or board with a Bloomington Transit paid pass. Transfers are free and valid for the next bus to your destination at locations where routes intersect. Transfers are only issued at the time of boarding. Transfers may not be used for a return trip. Transfers can be made between BT and Rural Transit routes.

4th and Washington Downtown Passenger Transfer Terminal

Bus Stop Signs

Bus stops are marked with BT bus stop signs located along routes throughout the city. Please use these designated stops to wait for arriving buses. BT buses will also stop at most street corners assuming there are no safety hazards. Call 336-RIDE (7433) for the location of the bus stop nearest to you.

On Board Courtesy

Please observe a few courtesies for the benefit of other passengers and our drivers: no smoking (by law); no eating or drinking on the bus; no offensive behavior or language; no animals except service or guide animals; no fuel containers or car batteries are permitted on the bus; no oversize objects that cannot be properly secured; radios or other audio players are permitted only with the use of earphones; and please keep children seated at all times.

 

Apartment Complex Service

Bloomington Transit provides convenient and frequent service to many off-campus apartment complexes including Smallwood Plaza, 10th and College Apartments, The Lofts, University Commons, Covenanter Gardens, The Grove at Latimer, The Woods at Latimer, Barrington and the Crest, Knightridge Manor, Meadow Park, Fountain Park, Woodbridge Apartments, the Woodlands, Steeplechase, the Gardens, Oaklawn Townhomes, Arlington Park Apartments, Park Doral, the Willows, Brandon Court, Hoosier Courts at Henderson, Colonial East Apartments, Kingston Apartments, Maxwell Terrace, Colonial Crest, Orchard Glen Apartments, Basswood Apartments, Bradford Ridge, Oakdale Square, The Willows, Henderson Court, Timber Ridge, Summit Point, Winslow Ridge, Arbor Glen, Brownstone Terrace, Cambridge Square, Jamestown Village, Williamsburg Village, Bradford Place Apartments, Rolling Ridge Apartment, Copper Beech Apartments, Forest Ridge Apartments, Canterbury, Yorktown Apartments, The Bicycle Apartments and others. Call us at 336-RIDE for more information about convenient bus service to apartment complexes.

 

 

 

                        Bloomington Public Transportation Corporation
                130 West Grimes Lane
                Bloomington, Indiana 47403
            (812) 336-7433