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February 1, 2012

Fourth round of TIGER funding announced

A fourth round of the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant program will make $500 million available for surface transportation projects having a...
January 31, 2012

Iowa Department of Transportation’s presentation at Iowa Public Transit meeting

The Iowa Department of Transportation’s Office of Public Transit covered several topics in a presentation at the Iowa Public Transit Legislative Conference Jan. 31 in...
January 26, 2012

Officials: Bus monitors help to increase ridership

UI The Daily Iowan Bolton said ridership on the Iowa City Transit, Coralville, ... real-time passenger information system in the US" by the American Public...
January 24, 2012

Transit apps empower riders with information

If you're in Iowa City and waiting for a bus, Iowa City Transit's Bus on the Go app makes it easy to use your smartphone...

Public invited to bus-rapid transit proposal meeting

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) is inviting the public to join their open houses as they propose the developing “bus-rapid transit” system...
January 23, 2012

CyRide tops small urban transit systems

Ames Tribune CyRide, Ames’ public transportation system, recently was recognized as the having the highest number of rides per capita of any small urban transit...