Street closures for the Iowa City Jazz Festival start at 6 a.m. on Friday morning. Clinton Street from Jefferson to Washington will be closed to traffic, as will Iowa Avenue from Clinton to Dubuque Street. It’s expected that those streets will reopen late Sunday night. Dubuque Street will remain open to traffic — at least […]
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Iowa City announces detours as construction on Gilbert Street Bridge project begins
The long-planned replacement of the Gilbert Street Bridge over Ralston Creek will get underway next week. According to the Iowa City Public Works Department, construction will begin on Friday, March 29, weather permitting. The new bridge will be more pedestrian friendly than the current one, which has been in place since 1972. The project will […]
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Free parking but no bus rides in Iowa City on Thanksgiving, free bus rides but no free parking on Friday, a mix of the two on Saturday
Parking will be free in downtown Iowa City on Thanksgiving and parking in the ramps will also be free Saturday this week. You’ll still have to feed the meters and pay to park in a ramp on Friday, when spaces may well fill up, because in addition to the annual post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy of Black […]
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Take a bus to your polling place for free on Tuesday in Iowa City and Coralville
To make it easier for voters to get to polls on Election Day, Iowa City Transit and Coralville Transit are both making all bus rides free on Tuesday. All city buses in both cities, regardless of whether they are serving a polling place, will be free, and riders do not have show any ID or […]
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The Iowa City Soul and Blues Festival takes over downtown this weekend — here’s what streets will be closed
There will be live music and “culinary delights” in the streets of downtown Iowa City this weekend as the Soul and Blues Festival returns to close out the Summer of the Arts. The festival kicks off at 5 p.m. on Friday, when the Culinary Delights and Beverage Garden opens. The music starts 90 minutes later […]
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Street closures and bus route changes for Iowa City Jazz Fest start on Friday
The music starts at 5 p.m. on Friday for the Summer of the Arts Jazz Festival in Iowa City, as the Mike Conrad Trio takes the Weatherdance Stage on the Ped Mall, but downtown street closures for the festival start even earlier. City crews will close Iowa Avenue from Dubuque Street to S Clinton Street, […]
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Kids can get a free bus ride to downtown Iowa City summer weekdays by showing their library card
Starting Wednesday, Iowa City kids will be able to get a free bus ride downtown by showing their library card, as the Summer Library Bus program returns. The Iowa City Public Library (ICPL) partners with Iowa City Transit every year for this program to make it easier for school-age kids to access the library during […]
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Iowa City’s new electric buses quietly creating a ‘paradigm shift’ in public transit
They’re symmetric and kinetic. They’re also electric. Four new electric buses are now rolling through Iowa City streets. “Transit in Iowa City has been here since 1971, and this is the first paradigm shift in vehicle technology that there has been, so we are on nerdy levels excited about it,” said Transportation Director Darian Nagle-Gamm. […]
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Iowa City Transit suspending Eastside Loop service while schools go all online
Iowa City transit will temporarily suspend the AM and PM Eastside Loop bus service starting on Monday, Nov. 16. “The service suspension is being done due to the Iowa City Community School District decision to resume off-site learning,” Iowa City Transit said in a statement. “Service for these two routes will not return until on-site […]
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Bus rides in Iowa City will be free on Election Day
Bus rides in Iowa City will be free on Election Day, Nov. 3, to make it easier for voters to get to their polling places. Iowa City Transit is also adding two special shuttles for the day, one to the Precinct 10 polling site at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area’s Park Lodge and the other to […]
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Iowa City will be charging bus fares again, change bus service schedule
Iowa City buses will start charging fares again on Monday, June 15, Iowa City Transit (ICT) announced in a written statement. Buses will also begin running on a normal summer schedule on Monday. “Hours of operation will be 6 a.m. – 10:30 p.m. Monday- Friday, and 6 a.m. – 7 p.m. on Saturdays,” ICT said. […]
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Iowa City Transit offering free cloth face masks for bus riders
Iowa City Transit is offering free cloth masks for bus riders, the agency announced on Wednesday. Last week, Iowa City Transit asked riders to start wearing cloth face masks on city buses to help limit the spread of COVID-19. Supply is limited for the free masks. As of Wednesday morning, the agency has 175 ready […]
