Marshalltown Municipal Transit

Marshalltown Municipal Transit, also stylized as mmt, is the primary provider of mass transportation in Marshalltown, Iowa with eleven routes serving the region. As of 2019, the system provided 75,629 rides over 9,072 annual vehicle revenue hours with 6 buses and 3 paratransit vehicles.[1]

Marshalltown Municipal Transit
Marshalltown Municipal Transit #181, a 2018 Gillig Low Floor 29', on Anson Street.
Headquarters24 North Center Street
LocaleMarshalltown, Iowa
Service areaMarshall County, Iowa
Service typeBus service, paratransit
Routes11
HubsFisher Community Center
Fleet6 (5 buses & 1 cutaway)
Annual ridership75,629 (2019)
WebsiteMarshalltown Municipal Transit

History

Public transit in Marshalltown began with horsecars in 1878, with the Marshalltown Street Railway Co. From 1892 to 1893, the horsecars were replaced with streetcars, which in turn were replaced by buses in 1929.[2] In 2020, fares were temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Later that year, the agency offered free rides to polling places for election day.[4] Due to staffing shortages, two of the seasonal routes have been temporarily suspended beginning July 5, 2023.[5]

Routes

Marshalltown Municipal Transit operates 5 regular weekday bus routes on a pulse system with all routes serving the Fisher Community Center either on the hour or half hour. These five routes are augmented by two AM Routes, which only make two runs in the morning. In addition, there are four seasonal routes, three of which make one run per day from August to June, while one additional route runs June to August.[6][7]

Hours of operation for the system are Monday through Friday from 7:15 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. There is no service on Saturdays and Sundays. Regular fares are $1.00.[8][9]

Regular Routes
  • Red Route
  • Orange Route
  • Blue Route
  • Green Route
  • Purple Route
  • North A.M. Route
  • South A.M. Route

Seasonal Routes
  • Grey Route
  • Yellow Route
  • Brown Route
  • Pink Route

Fleet

Marshalltown Municipal Transit operates 6 bus in its revenue fleet. The fleet consists of five 29 foot Gillig Low Floor transit buses as well as a Chevrolet/Glaval G4500 Titan II LF cutaway bus. In addition, Marshalltown Municipal Transit has a handful of second-hand 40 foot Gillig transit buses used for school trippers. The current revenue fleet is listed in the table below.[10]

Fleet number(s) Photo Year Manufacturer Model Engine Notes
101 2010 Gillig Low Floor 29' Cummins ISL9
109 2009 Cummins ISL
121 2012 Cummins ISL9
131 2013
181 2018 Cummins L9
191 2019 Chevrolet/
Glaval		 G4500/
Titan II LF

Fixed route ridership

The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response services.[11]

25,000
50,000
75,000
100,000
125,000
150,000
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

See also

References
  1. "Marshalltown Municipal Transit Agency Profile" (PDF). Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  2. "Transit Systems in Iowa". Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  3. Thomas Nelson (March 28, 2020). "City suspends fare collections, postpones meetings". Times-Republican. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  4. "Need a lift on Election Day? City transit offers free ride to polls". Times-Republican. October 28, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  5. "Transit Seasonal Pink/Purple Routes Suspended Starting 07/05/23". July 3, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  6. "Fixed Route Bus Schedule". Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  7. "Seasonal Route Bus Schedule". Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  8. "Fixed Route Bus Schedule". Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  9. "Municipal Transit in Marshalltown". KIX 101.1. February 17, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  10. "PTMS Ranking - Transit Portal". secure.iowadot.gov.
  11. "The National Transit Database (NTD)". Retrieved July 5, 2023.


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