Service Alerts

On Thursday, August 22nd, the University of Minnesota – Duluth will have move in day for all incoming students. Slight traffic delays are expected on the Routes 6, 11, 12 & 13 as students and their families arrive in Duluth for the new school year.

The Gary and New Duluth neighborhoods will be having the Far West Days event on Saturday and Sunday, August 24^th and 25^th.  This event will close Commonwealth Avenue between Dickson and Gary Streets.  On Saturday Commonwealth Avenue will close at 8:00 a.m. and remain closed until approximately 4:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Route 2 buses will detour as follows:

OUTBOUND: Via regular route to Commonwealth Avenue and Reis Street, then detour right on Reis, left on 101^st Avenue West, left on Gary Street, right on Commonwealth Avenue and regular route.

INBOUND:      Via regular route to Commonwealth Avenue and Gary Street, then detour via right on Gary Street, left on 99^th Avenue West, left on Reis Street, right on Commonwealth Avenue and regular route.

On Monday, August 26^th UMD’s Fall semester begins. Routes 18 and 23 will resume providing service to UMD at this time.

Beginning Wednesday, August 7^th, signal work on the intersection of Hwy. 2 and 2^nd St. will force buses to detour to the west side of Proctor. All buses will detour as follows:

Outbound: Regular route to Hwy. 2 and 2^nd St. then detour via straight on Hwy. 2 to 1^st St., right on 1^st St. to Pionk Dr., right on Pionk Dr. to 2^nd St., left on 2^nd St. and regular route.

Inbound: Reverse of Outbound routing

This detour is expected to last approximately four weeks.

Effective Wednesday, July 31^st, 2019, Phase Two of the Woodland Avenue construction project will begin and will change the detour of all Route 13 buses. The detour will be as follows:

Route 13 Outbound: Regular route to Woodland Ave. and Anoka St. then detour left on Anoka St. to Maxwell St., right on Maxwell St. to Redwing St. right on Redwing St. to Kolstad Ave., left on Kolstad Ave. to Calvary Rd. and regular route.

 Route 13 Inbound: Reverse of Outbound routing.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Notice of Service Changes

Service changes will be in effect beginning 8/25/19.

 DULUTH, MINNESOTA (July 22, 2019) – The Duluth Transit Authority (DTA) will be implementing service changes that will be effective August 25, 2019. The DTA Board of Directors approved the following changes due to route performance and service requests. Below is a list of the major changes.

Route 5: One AM trip added from New Duluth to Mall Area. Departs New Duluth at 5:58am., arriving at Lake Superior College at 6:34am., and Mall Door 8 at 6:40am.

Route 15: Saturday “From Downtown” trips adjusted from :45 after the hour to :55. “To Downtown” trip departing Park Point at 6:04pm. adjusted to 6:13pm.

Route 20: Route eliminated due to low ridership.

Route 22: Route eliminated due to low ridership.

Route 24: New route added which serves Superior Street in the downtown area, and the Bayfront area, including the Aquarium, DECC, Vista Docks, William A. Irvin museum, and Marcus Duluth Cinema.

The DTA encourages its patrons to visit www.duluthtransit.com to learn more about the service changes and to sign-up for alerts on future service changes and detours.

Effective Monday, July 15^th, road work on 24^th Ave. E. between Woodland Ave. and E. 4^th St. will cause the Route 6 & 13 buses to detour. The detour route will be as follows:

Outbound Detour: Regular route to 21^st AE and Superior Street, then detour via left on 21^st AW to Woodland Ave., right on Woodland Ave. to Kent Rd. and regular route.

 Inbound Detour:  Regular route Woodland Ave. and Kent Rd., then detour via straight on Woodland Ave. to 21^st Ave. E., left on 21^st Ave. E. to Superior St. and regular route.

Temporary inbound and outbound bus stops will be placed on 21^st AE at 2^nd St. and 4^th St.

Effective Monday, July 8^th   

Due to the continuation of Phase 2 of the Superior Street reconstruction project, Superior St. will close between 3^rd Ave. E. and 4^th Ave. E. causing a detour adjustment for the route 22 buses. The detour will be as follows.

Outbound: Regular detour route to 2^nd St. and 3^rd Ave. E., then detour via straight on 2^nd St. to 10^th Ave. E., right on 10^th Ave. E. to Superior St. and regular route.

Inbound: Regular Route to Superior St. and 10^th Ave. E., then detour via right on 10^th Ave. E. to 1^st St., left on 1^st St. and regular detour routing to DTC.