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DETOUR
Road construction ending in the early part of February on
Vernal Pike and Crescent Rd has detoured Route 2 as follows:
From 11th
St. right on Illinois, left on 12th,
right on Lindbergh to 15th
St. resuming the normal route. Bus stops on Cresent Rd
and at Arlington
Park Apartments are
closed.
Beginning Monday, January 16 BT will operate Route 2 West on
a detour route to provide service at Arlington Park
Apartments. During this detour BT will be unable to serve the bus
stops at 7-11 and at the corner of 11th and Adams.
BT buses will make a single stop near the Arlington Park
office. We expect to return to normal routing approximately
February 10th.
Call 336-RIDE(7433) for more details.
Route 4 South Schedule Change
Effective January 8, 2012
A portion of the Route 4 South
timetables will be altered. The following timepoints will depart 3
minutes later than the current schedule reads.
- Allendale and
Walnut St. Pike
- YMCA (inbound)
- Maxwell and
High
- 3rd
and Jordan
- Arrival at 4th
and Washington
Click here
for the new Route 4 South schedule
Get to
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
Beat the High Price of Gas
Sit Back and Relax on the Way to Campus
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 $3.40/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, Forest Ridge, Bradford
Ridge, Copper Beech, Rolling Ridge, Willows, the Woods at Latimer,
Knightridge, Brownstone, Park Doral, Summit Pointe, Regency Court, 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 contacting IU Card Services. Click here for information
on obtaining this bus pass.
Route 2 Kroger/Seminary Square
Service Change
Effective Monday,
August 29,2011
Effective Monday, August 29, 2011, Route 2 will no longer
operate in the Kroger/Seminary Square Shopping Center parking lot. Instead, Route 2 will service Kroger/Seminary Square
in the outbound direction (headed to S.Rogers) at the new shelter on College Avenue
adjacent to the shopping center parking lot. The route will then go south on College
to right (west) on 1st
Street, to left (south) on S.Rogers and then
resuming the regular route. In the
inbound (headed to downtown) direction, Route 2 will service
Kroger/Seminary Square from a bus stop on Morton Street near the front
entrance of Kroger and next to the B-Line Trail. From there the inbound Route 2 will go
right (east) onto 2nd
Street and then resume its regular route.
This service change will help Route 2 stay on schedule and
make timely connections to other routes downtown. Persons using Route 2 going to Bloomington Hospital should get off at the new
bus stop on 1st and S.Rogers
Street.
Persons coming from Bloomington
Hospital headed to downtown on
Route 2 can board at the northbound bus stop at S.Rogers and 1st Street Route 4 Bloomfield Road will continue
to provide hourly service to and from Bloomington Hospital
on 2nd Street
with no changes to this route.
Bloomington Transit Named #1
Small Transit System in North America
Bloomington Transit (BT) is pleased to
announce the receipt of the American Public Transportation Association
(APTA) 2010 Outstanding Public Transportation System Achievement Award
for systems in the category of less than 4 million annual ridership. A hearty thank you goes out to everyone
in Bloomington
for their support, patronage, and efforts to make BT what it is today. A copy of the press release describing
the award can be seen by clicking here.
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