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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Street closures and bus route changes for Iowa City Jazz Fest start on Friday

The 2021 Iowa City Jazz Festival presented by the Summer of the Arts. Jason Smith/Little Village

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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