Service Alerts

Road construction and reduced lane width along 3^rd Avenue East are causing a detour for inbound buses using 3^rd Avenue East between 3^rd street and 1^st Street.

Effective immediately inbound “To Downtown” buses will detour as follows:

Buses will use regular route to 3^rd Street and 3^rd Avenue East, then buses will detour by continuing along 3^rd Street to 2^nd Avenue East, turn left and  run to 1^st Street, turn left on 1^st Street and run to 3^rd Avenue East, turn right on 3^rd Avenue East and regular route to downtown. Outbound, “From Downtown” buses will continue to use 3rd Avenue East to 2nd Street as per normal.

The duration of this detour is unknown at this time.

Due to vehicle parking issues along 22nd Avenue West the detour for 21st Avenue West has been adjusted to 24th Avenue West. (see below)

Beginning Monday, April 12^th road construction will cause the complete closure of 21^st Avenue West at the intersection of 1^st Street. All Routes using  21^st Avenue West, with the exception of Route 5, will detour as follows.

From Downtown

Buses will use regular route to Superior Street and 21^st Avenue West, then will detour by continuing along Superior Street to 24^th Avenue West, turn right, continue to West 3^rd Street, turn left and regular route. (Routes 8 & 9 will continue straight along 24^th)

To Downtown

Buses will use regular route to West 3^rd Street and 24^th Avenue West, then will detour by turning right on 24^th Avenue West(Routes 8 & 9 will continue straight along 24^th) and continue to West 1^st Street, turn left and run to 22^nd Avenue West, turn right and run to Superior Street, turn left and regular route.

Route 5: Regular route. No detour.

Bus stops will be placed on 24^th Avenue West at 2^nd Street. This detour is expected to last 4-6 weeks.

Beginning Monday, April 12^th road construction in the downtown area will close Superior Street between 1^st Avenue West and 3^rd Avenue West. Both 1^st Avenue West and 3^rd Avenue West will remain open at the beginning of the construction project. 2^nd Avenue West will be closed.

DTA buses will detour as follows:

Buses traveling east into downtown from the west:

No detour. They will continue to use 3^rd Avenue West when approaching the Duluth Transportation Center (DTC), and 1^st Avenue West when departing.

Buses traveling west into downtown from the east (Inbound Routes 6, 7, 10H, 12, 13, 15)

Regular Route to Superior Street and 1^st Avenue East, then buses will detour via 1^st Avenue East to 1^st Street, left on 1^st Street to 3^rd Avenue West, left on 3^rd Avenue West to Michigan Street and DTC.

Inbound Routes 10 and 14W.

Buses will run regular route to Lake Avenue and 3^rd Street, then detour via right on 3^rd Street to 3^rd Avenue West, left on 3^rd Avenue West to Michigan Street and DTC.

This construction project is expected to last into June.

The bus stop and shelter on Lake Avenue between Superior Street and 1st Street will only be provided service by Routes 10 and 14W.

Itasca Shuttle (Route 16S) to Begin Service Monday, April 5th:

Beginning Monday, April 5^th the DTA will begin operating a shuttle between the Super One located in Superior on East 2^nd Street and 23^rd AE, and Itasca. This shuttle is being implemented to assist Route 16 during the reconstruction of Hwy 2& 53, also known as East 2^nd Street.

Route 16 will terminate at 31^st AE and 5^th Street in Superior. All current bus stops along East 5^th street will also continue to be provided service by Route 16. Passengers can transfer between Route 16 and the shuttle along East 5^th Street between 23^rd AE and 31^st AE. Transfers from the shuttle to Route 16 will occur predominately at East 5^th Street and 23^rd AE.

**The Shuttle schedule can be found  Here.

**Passengers who use bus stops located on East 2nd Street between 31st AE and 50th AE are directed to use the closest bus stop along the detour routing –  All stops on east Second Street will not be served Effective Monday, April 5th.

Below is a map of the shuttle route.  Please note that the white arrows in the callout box show the Northwest Pattern of travel, and the black Arrows show the Southeast travel pattern:

Temporary Service Reduction Announcement:

Due to current staffing realities, and in an effort to maintain our system-wide reliability, effective Tuesday, October 13th:

Routes 4, 15, and 25 trips will be dropped in their entirety. This includes Weekday and Saturday Route 4 & 15 service.

In addition, the outbound “From Downtown” Route 10E @ 5:40pm will also be dropped.

Route 15 will be provided “On Demand” service, as it had in the recent past.

The duration of these cancellations is unknown at this time.  We expect all other routes to run as per normal at this time.

Effective Monday, May 18^th, utility work on E. 2^nd St. between 6^th AE and 12^th AE will cause the detour of all Route 6 & 7 buses. This detour is expected to last the remainder of the construction season and will be as follows:

EASTBOUND: Regular route to 3^rd AE and Superior St. then detour via straight on E. Superior St. to 10^th AE and regular route.

WESTBOUND: Regular route to E. Superior St. and 10^th AE then detour straight on E. Superior St. to 3^rd AE and regular route along Superior St.