Bus service travels to Ivy Tech, Goodwill, Walmart

The Monroe County Rural Transit bus service can take people to places like Walmart, Ivy Tech Community College and Goodwill.

Area 10 Agency on Aging Director Doug Norton wants to get the word out that this service is available for students now that the new school year has begun, he said.

Area 10 is a not-for-profit organization funded by the federal government and primarily serves to help senior citizens.  

Rural Transit, however, is open to citizens of all age.

Twenty-year-old Brian Farley said he has been taking the Rural Transit bus every day to Ivy Tech for two weeks, as he waited for Wednesday’s 1:40 p.m. bus at the stop between Fourth and Fifth streets on Washington Street.

“I don’t have a car, so this is as good as it gets right now,” Farley said.

Although the Rural Transit only arrives every 30 minutes, it also operates free of charge for students to travel to Ivy Tech. The fee for adults is 75 cents and $1.50 for crossing county lines. Seniors are asked to donate the full fee amount.

“If people do not know about Rural Transit, they are locked inside the city limit,” Norton said.