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Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority
Public transit system for Tulsa, Oklahoma, US From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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MetroLink, officially the Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority (MTTA), is the public transit system operating buses and paratransit for Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. It has 18 routes and several microtransit zones that serve Tulsa. The system has two major hubs: Memorial Midtown Station at 7952 E. 33rd St. in Midtown Tulsa, and the Denver Avenue Station at 319 S. Denver across from the BOK Center in Downtown.
The Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority was formed in 1968 and adopted the brand name Tulsa Transit in 1980. It was renamed to MetroLink in 2024.[2]
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History
The city's first bus rapid transit line, known as "Aero" or 700, began operating on November 17, 2019, on Peoria Avenue from 52nd Street North to 81st Street South and Lewis. The route has 52 stations and buses that arrive every 15 to 30 minutes.[3] The service officially launched on December 19, 2019.[4] A second bus rapid transit line, named Route 66 for the historic highway, will travel on East 11th Street from Downtown Tulsa to the Eastgate Metroplex. It was originally scheduled to begin construction in August 2024 and open in February 2025, but was delayed several years due to a lack of funding.[5] The line is scheduled to open in June 2026 for the centennial of Route 66.[6]
In August 2023, Tulsa Transit experienced its busiest month ever to that point, with ridership reaching about 290,000.[7] MetroLink was officially adopted as the system's new name in March 2024.[2]
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Operations
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MetroLink operates regular fixed service Monday to Saturday, from early mornings to early evenings. After daytime service ceases between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., the service operates night service on its "Nightlines" until midnight. Bus frequencies are 30 or 60 minutes Monday through Saturday. A fixed route service with reserved deviations permitted (identical to Nightline routes), operates on Sundays. There is no service on public holidays.
The service used to be known for request stops: bus stops were infrequently signed and would stop on request typically after any intersection where it is safe to do so. This practice was abolished, and stops posted, in a September 2019 system redesign.[8]
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Routes
MetroLink operates a variety of routes all over the city, and into Jenks, Broken Arrow and Sand Springs although it does not run as a full-time bus fleet in those locations. Each set of routes is grouped by the first of the three digits, as follows:
- 1xx routes serve Denver Avenue Station to various parts of the city.
- 2xx routes serve various parts of the city between Denver Avenue and Memorial Midtown Stations.
- 3xx routes serve Memorial Midtown Station to various parts of the city without going to Downtown Tulsa.
- 4xx routes serve neither station, but serve parts of the city.
- 5xx routes serve areas outside of Tulsa.
- 6xx routes run during major events as shuttles.
- 7xx routes are bus rapid transit routes.
- 8xx routes are operate only on Sundays, or at night, and serve each quadrant of the city.
- 9xx routes are express and link Downtown Tulsa and outlying park and rides.
Fleet
As of 2022[update], the system has 107 buses that are mostly powered by compressed natural gas. There are also four battery electric buses and seven that use diesel fuel.[9]
Fixed route ridership
The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response services.[10]
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
2002
2005
2008
2011
2014
2017
2020
2023
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