Marshalltown Municipal Transit, also stylized as ''mmt'', is the primary provider of

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Marshalltown, Iowa Marshalltown is a city in Marshall County, Iowa, and is the county seat of the county. With a population of 27,591 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the 16th largest city in the state. Marshalltown is home to the Iowa Vetera ...

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. Marshalltown_Municipal_Transit

History

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in Marshalltown began with

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s in 1878, with the Marshalltown Street Railway Co. From 1892 to 1893, the horsecars were replaced with

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, which in turn were replaced by

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in 1929. In 2020, fares were temporarily suspended due to the

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. Later that year, the agency offered free rides to polling places for election day. Due to staffing shortages, two of the seasonal routes have been temporarily suspended beginning July 5, 2023.

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. 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.

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 10 buses in its fixed-route fleet. The fleet consists of five 29 foot

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transit buses, a

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/ Glaval G4500 Titan II LF cutaway bus, and a handful of second-hand and third-hand 40 foot Gillig transit buses formerly operated by

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. The current fixed-route fleet is listed in the table below.

Fixed route ridership

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

References

External links

* Marshalltown, Iowa Bus transportation in Iowa Transit agencies in Iowa {{Iowa-transport-stub