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The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Black Hawk County, marketed as MET Transit, is the primary provider of
*Central Transfer - This facility is located at 416 Sycamore Street in downtown Waterloo and opened February 26, 1989. The $327,000 structure provides an indoor waiting area, restrooms, vending machines, as well as an information desk. The facility serves as the primary transfer hub of MET Transit and also provides connections to intercity bus services operated by
mass transportation
Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of whic ...
in the cities of Waterloo
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* Battle of Waterloo, 1815 battle where Napoleon's French army was defeated by Anglo-allied and Prussian forces
* Waterloo, Belgium
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and Cedar Falls, Iowa
Cedar Falls is a city in Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the city population was 40,713. Cedar Falls is home to the University of Northern Iowa, a public university.
Cedar Falls along with neighbori ...
. The agency was founded in 1972, after the private National City Lines, which had operated public transit under contract from the city, pulled out of providing fixed routes, which led to the city directly taking over this service.
MET Transit is a flag down system, which means there are no dedicated bus stops, and a bus may be flagged down at any near side intersection along a route.
Routes
*1 Westside-Ansborough Ave *2 Westside-Baltimore St *3 Eastside-Donald St *4 Eastside-Lafayette St *5 Crossroads-West 11th St *5L Crossroads-Laporte Rd *6 Cedar Falls-University *7 Cedar Falls-Rainbow *8 West Loop *9 Cedar Falls Loop *10 Hawkeye Community College-UNI *11 UNI Panther ShuttleFacilities
*Central Transfer - This facility is located at 416 Sycamore Street in downtown Waterloo and opened February 26, 1989. The $327,000 structure provides an indoor waiting area, restrooms, vending machines, as well as an information desk. The facility serves as the primary transfer hub of MET Transit and also provides connections to intercity bus services operated by Burlington Trailways
Burlington Trailways is an intercity bus company based in West Burlington, Iowa.
History
Burlington Trailways was founded in 1929 as the Burlington Transportation Company, a subsidiary of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. It started a ...
.
*UNI Multimodal Transportation Center - This facility, located at 1215 West 23rd St, on the UNI Campus in Cedar Falls, was constructed in 2010. The facility provides an indoor waiting area with restrooms and information. Bike lockers and over 490 vehicle parking spaces are also available. A solar array on the roof provides all the electricity needs of the $9.7 million building.
Fixed Route Ridership
The ridership and service statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response. Per capita statistics are based on the Waterloo urbanized area as reported in NTD data. Starting in 2011, 2010 census numbers replace the 2000 census numbers to calculate per capita statistics.See also
*List of bus transit systems in the United States
The following is a list of presently-operating bus transit systems in the United States with regular service. The list excludes charter buses, private bus operators, paratransit systems, and trolleybus systems. Figures for daily ridership, numbe ...
References
External links
* Bus transportation in Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa Transportation in Black Hawk County, Iowa Transit agencies in Iowa {{Iowa-transport-stub