50014 locale ames iowa service area ames iowa iowa state university service type intracity bus service routes 12 stops over 425 1 fleet 93 2 daily ridership 18 135 fy2014 2 operator city of ames iowa state university website official website cyride is a partnership between iowa state university the isu student government and ames iowa . cyride provides public transportation to the community throughout the city of ames . the word cyride is a portmanteau of two words cyclone which is the mascot of the iowa state cyclones and the word ride . in january 2012 cyride was recognized as the nation s small urban transit system with the highest number of rides per capita at 106 rides per capita . 3 contents 1 history 2 routes 3 fares 4 additional services 4.1 moonlight express 4.2 dial a ride 5 future 6 awards 7 references history edit from the 1860s until the early 1890 college students were taxied to and from campus by a horse drawn carriage that was operated by brothers nichols and maxwell livery . the town committee published a report on november 1 1890 stating that there would be a benefit to create a railroad to replace the current system . 4 on july 4 1892 the rail line named the dinkey given by the size of the engine departed from its barn on the east end of 5th street for its first 2 mile 3.2 km trip to the iowa state university campus . 4 the dinkey ran on 30 lb yd 15 kg m rail ; that is small compared to the 136 lb yd 67 kg m rail that is used today . the dinkey had three passenger cars that were often at maximum capacity because of the growing population of the city . in 1929 the dinkey was replaced by a bus system that transported passengers to and from the iowa state university . 5 in 1976 all operating buses were combined and cyride was started as a city department . in 1981 bob bourne was the director of cyride . he brought cyride from a 12 bus 3 route system to a 65 bus 11 route system in his 25 years of employment at cyride . 6 routes edit route number route starting terminal ending terminal major streets traveled 1 red south & west 7 north grand mall ames middle school mortensen road lincoln way duff avenue 1 red east 7 ames middle school north grand mall mortensen road lincoln way duff avenue 2 green south & west 7 north grand mall ontario st. & california ave. ontario st. hyland ave 6th street grand avenue 2 green east & north 7 ontario st. & california ave. north grand mall ontario st. hyland ave 6th street grand avenue 3 blue south 7 north grand mall south duff & 5th street south 4th street beach avenue stange road 24th street 3 blue north 7 birch river apartments north grand mall south 4th street beach avenue stange road 24th street 4 gray 7 south east 16th st. & south dayton kildee hall beach ave. s. 4th st. s. 16th st. s. bell ave. 4a gray 7 jewel s. duff kildee hall beach ave. s. 4th st. s. 16th st. s. duff ave. 5 yellow 7 city hall city hall south duff lincoln way 6 brown south 7 north grand mall isu research park university blvd mortensen parkway welch avenue stange road bloomington road 6 brown north 7 isu research park north grand mall university blvd mortensen parkway welch avenue stange road bloomington road 6a towers shuttle 7 storm welch storm welch welch ave. 6b brown mall 7 north grand mall north grand mall campus stange road bloomington road 7 purple 7 mortensen rd. osborn dr. south dakota lincoln way union dr. 8 aqua summer only 7 city hall city hall grand ave 13th street furman aquatic center 9 plum 7 buckeye and s. 16th buckeye and s. 16th s. 16th s. duff ave lincoln way osbourne drive . 10 pink 7 city hall eastgate dr. at philadelphia st. lincoln way dayton ave. 21 cardinal 7 frederiksen court frederiksen court stange road osborn drive union drive 22 gold 7 ash ave. & sunset dr. spedding hall pammel drive lynn avenue wallace road 23 orange 7 veterinary medicine building osborn dr. wallace road osborn dr. south east 16th st. fares edit iowa state students students of iowa state university are able to ride cyride without paying the normal fare by presenting the bus driver with their iowa state identification card . this is necessary on all bus routes except the gold cardinal and orange routes which always allow passengers to travel without charge . iowa state university charges a fee each semester to all students for cyride service . this student fee is paid to cyride to subsidize the cost of operations . an isu card allows students to board any bus for free reduced fare riders to qualify for reduced fare you must be a student in grades k 12 a senior citizen or a person with a disability . the reduced fare is .60 us dollar for a one way trip . multiple tickets can be purchased at a time if a ticket book is purchased in advance . reduced fare ticket books come in a packet of 10 which cost 6 us dollars . ticket books can be bought at local grocery stores ames city hall and cyride headquarters . full fare riders full fare riders covers everyone else who is riding . the regular fare is 1.25 us dollar . full fare riders can also purchase multiple tickets in advance . ticket books come in a packet of 10 which cost 12 dollars . ticket books can also be bought at local grocery stores ames city hall and cyride headquarters . children under five children under the age of five are free with an accompanying adult . there may be no more than three children per adult . additional services edit moonlight express edit in 1984 cyride started to operate a friday and saturday nights service called moonlight express which has been dubbed the drunk bus by students . 8 this system was put into service to allow students to socialize with their friends while offering a safe alternative to driving while impaired . between the hours of 10 30 pm to 2 30 am the moonlight express will stop at any stop along a moonlight route stop . in the time moonlight express has been running there have been no drunk driving fatalities in ames during its hours of operation . cyride moonlight information dial a ride edit dial a ride is a door to door service that caters mostly to elderly and disabled persons . this service take people within mile from any fixed cyride route . a dial a ride rides need to be scheduled the day before to ensure a spot . in 2005 dial a ride was turned over to the heart of iowa regional transit authority hirta which is operated out of the heartland senior services site in the ames area . future edit cyride is considering bringing a fare free system to all ames residents . cyride currently receives 270 000 dollars from paid fares that will have to be compenstated for some other way 9 in 2009 cyride was one of 42 applicants to receive a tiger grant through the federal transit administration . this allowed them to purchase 12 new hybrid buses at a cost of 6 million . the new buses dubbed cybrids will get an estimated 6 mpg . the current fleet averages about 4.5 mpg fuel efficiency . 10 awards edit 2002 apta gold safety award finalist 1999 apta neil e. goldschmidt silver safety award finalist 1997 apta neil e. goldschmidt silver safety award winner 1996 apta adwheels award winner 1995 apta neil e. goldschmidt silver safety award winner 1993 apta neil e. goldschmidt silver safety award finalist 1992 public risk management administration achievement award 1991 apta neil e. goldschmidt silver safety award finalist 1989 umta outstanding public service award 1989 umta administrator s award 11 1983 all america city award 15 state bus roadeo winners as of june 2006 2nd place in the 35 bus division at the 2004 apta international bus roadeo 5th place in the 35 bus division at the 2007 apta international bus roadeo references edit cyride . signals . june 2013 . retrieved december 2013 . http www.cyride.com modules showdocument.aspx documentid 8480 a b cyride . statistics . retrieved december . 2014 . http www.cyride.com index.aspx page 1240 cyride . signals . january 2012 . retrieved december 2013 . http www.cyride.com modules showdocument.aspx documentid 6416 a b ames & college railway dinkey dinkey timeline borne transit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t cyride.com today s routes culberson becky 2005 iowa state university off the record college prowler retrieved 2008 02 23 fergusen kyle 2008 02 18 cyride considers opening doors to all iowa state daily retrieved 2010 03 08 schleuter sara 2010 01 10 cyride goes green with hybrid buses iowa state daily retrieved 2010 03 08 borne transit v t e iowa state university academics colleges business human sciences liberal arts & sciences veterinary medicine athletics team iowa state cyclones men s baseball basketball cross country football golf track & field wrestling women s basketball cross country golf track & field venues hilton coliseum jack trice stadium veenker memorial golf course cap timm field ames isu ice arena rivalries iowa cy hawk trophy iowa corn cy hawk series iowa big four big four classic iowa state kansas state football rivalry iowa state missouri football rivalry defunct school spirit cy the cardinal isu fights marching band campus buildings campanile reiman gardens iowa state center alumni center beardshear hall enrollment services center memorial union farm house carver hall catt hall fick observatory research ames laboratory ames project atanasoff berry computer cyclone honeywell v. sperry rand spacecraft systems and controls lab strangesearch bugguide vrac student life iowa state daily kure prisum veishea isutv cyride cuffs people john vincent atanasoff george washington carver carrie chapman catt jack trice isu presidents notable alumni & faculty retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cyride & oldid 736221406 categories bus transportation in iowaiowa state universityuniversity and college bus systems1976 establishments in iowa navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main 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