Iowa's transit system

• There are 35 public transit systems in Iowa, including 19 in urbanized areas and 16 serving regional areas of the state. (July 2009)
• Iowa is one of few states with public transit service in every county. (July 2009)
• Out of the 19 urban transit systems, four operate in urbanized areas with populations of more than 200,000; eight in urbanized areas between 50,000 and 200,000 in population; and seven are in small urban communities with populations less than 50,000. (July 2009) (A map may be found at www.iatransit.com.)
• The 16 regional transit systems each serve a multi county region that includes three to 11 counties. Geographic area covered by each regional transit agency ranges from 1,778 to 5,490 square miles. (A map may be found at www.iatransit.com.)
• The 35 Iowa public transit systems operate approximately 1,600 transit vehicles, most of which are fully accessible to persons with disabilities.
• In state fiscal year 2008, these systems provided 25.4 million rides statewide.
• Large urban transit systems (urbanized areas with populations more than 50,000) provided 20.3 million rides; small urban transit systems 1.6 million rides; and regional transit systems 3.5 million rides, traveling over large geographic areas. (June 2008)
• Five Iowa transit systems provide bicycle racks on at least some of their buses. (2009)