Minot City Transit

Minot City Transit, also known as City Bus, is a fixed-route public transport service in the city of Minot, North Dakota. Operating Hours are 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM Monday-Friday.

Minot City Transit
Headquarters515 2nd Avenue SW, Minot, ND
Service areaMinot, ND
Service typeBus service, paratransit
Routes6
HubsMinot Municipal Auditorium
Fleet5
Fuel typeDiesel
Website

A 1977 built Minot City Transit bus, constructed by the American Motors General Metropolitan and modeled after a Canadian bus, was donated to the Midwest Bus Museum in 2021.[1]

General Information

Transit service

Standard fixed-route transit service is provided on six routes, with three routes departing half-hourly from the central stop at Minot City Auditorium. Hours of operation are from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. Buses operate on a flag-down system, meaning that bus will stop at any street corner when waved down by a rider.

Fare Categories and Cost
  • Cash fare - $1.50 (exact fare, no change is given back)
  • One day Ride Pass - $5.00
  • Children under six - Free of Charge
  • Transfers - Free of Charge

Route list
  • (North) Goes to Minot State and then to the marketplace.
  • (East) Goes to Henry Towers Medical Arts, Roosevelt Park Zoo, state fair, the public works, and central campus.
  • (South1) Goes to marketplace foods, near Kmart, Dakota Square Mall, Cashwise, and Walmart Supercenter.
  • (West) Goes to Jim Hill Arrowhead shopping center, Minot State, karma market (B&D market), and central campus.
  • (South2) Goes to Henry towers Kmart which is still open home depot, Jim Hill.
  • (Northcentral) Goes to the public library, Minot State, Lewis and Clark Elementary, near the airport, karma market (B&D market) and central campus.

Major Stops and Points of Interest

Fixed Route Ridership

The ridership and service statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response. [2]

RidershipChange
2014 131,640n/a
2015 124,256Decrease05.61%
2016 98,111Decrease021.04%
2017 87,100Decrease011.22%
2018 87,361Increase00.3%
2019 94,738Increase08.44%
2020 73,203Decrease022.73%

See also

References
  1. "Minot bus to preserve transit history at Wisconsin museum". minotdailynews.com. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  2. "The National Transit Database (NTD)". Retrieved June 28, 2022.
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