Posted on July, 22 2013

Beginning Sunday, Aug. 18, 2013, the following changes to existing routes will be implemented. Plus, a new route traveling on Merle Hay Road will be added to better serve DART riders.

NEW! Route 51 – Merle Hay Crosstown: Weekday morning, midday and afternoon service between DART Central Station and Merle Hay Mall via 6th Ave./7th St., High St./Ingersoll Ave., I-235, 56th St. and Merle Hay Rd. Service hours will be from approximately 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. with buses running every 30 minutes during peak times, and every 60 minutes midday.

Route 11 – Ingersoll to Valley Junction: One morning trip and one evening trip will be added to the
weekday times.

Route 60 – University/Ingersoll: Service frequency will be improved. Weekday midday service will be increased to every 20 minutes. Night service, Saturday and Sunday buses will run every 40 minutes.

Route 99 – Altoona Express: One morning trip and one evening trip will be added to the weekday times.

Route 1 and Route 17 weekday night service added: Route 1 – Fairgrounds and Route 17 – Hubbell to Altoona night service will be added. The night service will run to approximately 11:30 p.m. on weekdays. These two routes will replace the Des Moines On Call night service and extend the night service area to Altoona on the Route 17.

Weekday night service extended: The following current weekday night service routes will run an hour later with trips ending around 11:30 p.m. on weekdays.

  • 3 – University Ave.
  • 4 – E 14th St.
  • 6 – Indianola Ave.
  • 7 – SW 9th St.
  • 14 – Beaver Ave.
  • 15 – 6th Ave.
  • 16 – Douglas Ave.
  • 60 – Ingersoll Ave./University Ave.

Route 52 and Flex Route 72 weekday night service and Saturday service extended: Route 52 – Valley West/Jordan Creek Crosstown and Flex Route 72 – West Des Moines/Clive Flex will be extended to run until 9:30 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays. Saturday service on both Routes 52 and72 will also begin an hour earlier, beginning at about 6:45 a.m.

Saturday service extended: Saturday service will begin an hour earlier and end five hours later. New service hours will begin at approximately 6:40 a.m. and end at about 10:15 p.m. The last time buses will leave DART Central to locations outside of downtown will be around 9:45 p.m. on the following routes:

  • 1 – Fairgrounds
  • 3 – University Ave.
  • 4 – E 14th St.
  • 6 – Indianola Ave.
  • 7 – SW 9th St.
  • 14 – Beaver Ave.
  • 15 – 6th Ave.
  • 16 – Douglas Ave.
  • 17 – Hubbell Ave./Altoona
  • 60 – Ingersoll Ave./University Ave.

Sunday service extended: Sunday service will be extended to run one hour later. The new service hours will be from approximately 7:45 a.m. to about 6:30 p.m. on the following routes:

  • 1 - Fairgrounds
  • 3 – University Ave.
  • 4 – E 14th St.
  • 6 – Indianola Ave.
  • 7 – SW 9th St.
  • 14 – Beaver Ave.
  • 15 – 6th Ave.
  • 16 – Douglas Ave.
  • 17 – Hubbell Ave./Altoona
  • 52 – Valley West/Jordan Creek Crosstown
  • 60 – Ingersoll Ave./University Ave.
  • 72 – West Des Moines/Clive Flex

Schedule times will be adjusted on Local Routes 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 52 and 60; Express Routes 91 and 99; and on Flex Route 72.

Day of service added to Ankeny On Call: Friday service will be added to Ankeny On Call. Ankeny On Call will run on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

School service: Trips will be added back to Local Routes 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15 and 16.

PDFs of schedules:

New schedules will be available on the buses beginning Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. If you have questions, please call DART at 515-283-8100.

The next scheduled service change will be in February.

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