transit system a mets hybrid electric bus founded 1971 headquarters 601 john street locale evansville indiana service type bus service paratransit website mets metropolitan evansville transit system mets is a public transit system consisting primarily of bus service in the city of evansville indiana . contents 1 history 2 current service 2.1 routes 3 fares and passes 4 references 5 external links history edit the metropolitan evansville transit system was created in 1971 to address evansville s growing need for public transportation . service was limited to the actual city limits ; buses ran only once an hour and generally did not run past 6 00 pm . over the years mets has made many adjustments to its service larger buses were purchased new routes were added and vintage trolley service was established in the downtown area but it was in 1998 that major changes were made . several routes expanded service to every 30 minutes and mets instituted night service that allowed the buses to run until midnight on heavily traveled routes . in addition mets added service outside the city limits to the university of southern indiana just west of evansville and expanded further east past burkhart road . in 1998 mets also established a connection service on the far east and west with the west connection being fixed route and primarily used for students at the university of southern indiana and the east connection which provides curb service and connects to other buses at the eastland mall and lawndale transfer points . current service edit mets currently operates 22 fixed city routes and two intercity connection routes . they also run the campus shuttle at the university of southern indiana and mobility para transit service . despite the 1998 changes mets service is still limited ; buses do not run on sundays . in addition no direct bus service exists between evansville and neighboring henderson kentucky served by sister agency henderson area rapid transit though a recent survey by hart indicated this was the 1 most desired feature by that agency s ridership . mets now meets up with wats buses for connecting service to newburgh booneville and chandler . mets also operates a higher percentage of hybrid electric transit buses than standard diesel buses and was the first in the state of indiana to operate them in revenue service . routes edit covert ave a & b east connection first ave north park fulton howell lincoln a & b oakhill lynch mary tekoppel a & b north main trolley riverside a & b shopper shuttle b connects to wats buses for newburgh chandler & booneville stringtown a walnut washington a & b west connection red line usi campus shuttle 41 connection blue line usi campus shuttle green line usi campus shuttle mary howell night service only stringtown first avenue night service only fares and passes edit base fare is 1 children below age 6 ride free when accompanied by a paying rider ; limit is 3 . reduced fares of 75 cents are offered to students with student id . a reduced fare of 50 cents is available by application at the mets office including medicare cardholders . all transfers are free riders get one free transfer with one paid for to be used for a direct transfer to continue their trip upon a different route only at designated transfer locations transfers are not accepted mid route or to be used for round trip . riders can also purchase a monthy pass for 60 . mets mobility fares are 2 standard fare 3 convenience fare and 5 for county fare ; county fares are any fare inside the vanderburgh county but outside of evansville city limits . references edit this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message external links edit bus transit website v t e city of evansville annual festivals evansville freedom festival germania m nnerchor volksfest west side nut club fall festival vanderburgh county 4h fair frog follies shrinersfest jazz & wine festival arenas and venues alhambra theatorium bosse field old national events plaza ford center goebel soccer complex mesker amphitheatre swonder ice arena metro sports center victory theatre veterans memorial coliseum corporate headquarters and major employers accuride ak steel atlas van lines berry plastics mead johnson old national bank shoe carnival springleaf t.j. maxx toyota vectren education evansville vanderburgh school corporation roman catholic diocese of evansville evansville vanderburgh public library ivy tech community college university of evansville university of southern indiana itt technical institute harrison college oakland city university willard library neighborhoods districts bayard park culver downtown haynies corner jacobsville lamasco lincolnshire historic district riverside historic district washington avenue historic district attractions angel mounds children s museum of evansville evansville museum evansville philharmonic orchestra ford center lst 325 museum mesker park zoo and botanic garden reitz home museum old national events plaza old vanderburgh county courthouse tropicana casino wesselman woods burdette park malls & other commerce downtown eastland mall washington square mall sports evansville purple aces usi screaming eagles evansville otters evansville thunderbolts evansville enforcers demolition city roller derby evansville crush southern indiana athletic conference refrigerator bowl hoosier nationals thunder on the ohio rollergirls of southern indiana transportation evansville regional airport metropolitan evansville transit system i 64 i 69 former 164 i 69 us 41 lloyd expressway sr 57 sr 62 sr 65 sr 66 sr 662 university parkway veterans memorial parkway healthcare & emergency deaconess hospital deaconess gateway and women s hospital st. mary s hospital and medical center southwestern indiana mental health system the welborn system iu evansville medical center regional center township german township knight township perry township pigeon township vanderburgh county evansville metropolitan area southwestern indiana illinois indiana kentucky tri state area area codes 812 and 930 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title metropolitan evansville transit system & oldid 716517547 categories bus transportation in indianatransportation in evansville indianatransportation in vanderburgh county indianatransit agencies in indianahidden categories articles lacking sources from june 2009all articles lacking sources 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 22 april 2016 at 04 43 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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