1969 headquarters 2402 w. michigan street locale duluth minnesota service area saint louis county minnesota douglas county wisconsin service type bus service routes 27 fuel type low sulfur diesel website duluthtransit.com the duluth transit authority dta is the operator of mass transportation in the city of duluth minnesota united states . service is also provided in nearby proctor minnesota and superior wisconsin as well as the eastern edge of hermantown minnesota . the organization was formed in 1969 by the minnesota state legislature . express service is provided during rush hours to new duluth 2x proctor 3x lakeside 7x pm only superior 16x pm only and hermantown 20x . as of 2009 the dta had 6 hybrid buses in service . during peak hours an average of 45 buses will be in service at any one time . the transit agency also owns three park and ride lots and has bike racks on the front of every bus . in 2009 the dta was named transit system of the year by the minnesota public transit association . according to the agency the system carried 3.26 million riders in 2011 a 3 % increase from 2010 . 1 this makes it the third largest bus system by ridership to serve minnesota after the metro transit and university of minnesota campus shuttle systems in minneapolis saint paul . 2 3 routes edit this list is derived from the current dta system map . 4 1 west mainline 2 new duluth 3 proctor 4 ramsey raleigh west 8th 5 west to the mall 6 mainline umd 7 east mainline lakeside 9 piedmont 9m piedmont mall 10 duluth heights mall 10h duluth heights mall southeast 6th 11 east 8th umd 11k east 8th umd kenwood 11m east 8th umd morley heights 12 kenwood umd 13 umd woodland via east 4th 13u umd via east 4th operates only when umd is in session 13w woodland via east 4th 14 west 4th eklund mall 14p west 4th eklund mall piedmont 15 park point 15c canal park 16 duluth superior 17b billings park 17s south superior 18 umd css via rice lake road operates only when umd is in session port town trolley operates summers only references edit dta transported 3 264 477 riders in 2011 . duluth transit authority . february 13 2012 . retrieved february 15 2012 . 2009 transit system performance evaluation . metropolitan council . 2009 . retrieved september 30 2010 . jeremy mattson june 2008 . effects of rising gas prices on bus ridership for small urban and rural transit systems pdf . small urban and rural transit center upper great plains transportation institute north dakota state university . p. 7 . retrieved september 30 2010 . dta system map . this article related to bus transportation in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about transportation in minnesota is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title duluth transit authority & oldid 713088009 categories bus transportation in minnesotatransportation in duluth minnesotaunited states bus transportation stubsminnesota transportation stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 april 2016 at 21 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view