Minot City Transit
Minot City Transit, is the public transit agency operated in Minot, North Dakota, It operates fixed-route bus routes in the city.
Minot began running public transportation sometime in the 1970s with buses branded as "City Bus". The original fleet consisted of a number of 1977 AM General Metropolitan buses that had a Blue, White, and Green branding.
A 1977 built Minot City Transit bus, constructed by the American Motors General Metropolitan and modeled after a Canadian bus, was donated to the Midwest Bus Museum in 2021.
Transit service
Standard fixed-route transit service is provided on six routes, with three routes departing half-hourly from the central stop at Minot City Auditorium. Hours of operation are from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. Buses operate on a flag-down system, meaning that bus will stop at any street corner when waved down by a rider. There is currently no Saturday or Sunday service. The only holidays that service is provided are Martin [Luther King Jr. Day], Good Friday, Columbus Day, and President's Day. There is no bus service on any other federal holiday.- North - The North Route serves Central, Northwest, and Northeast portions of North Hill north of the airport and the north leg of Broadway.
- Northwest - The Northwest Route serves Northwest portions of North Hill and the Northwest Quadrant of the city.
- North Central - The North Central Route serves Central portions North Hill, east portions in The Valley, and Downtown
- West - The West Route serves Central and West portions of The Valley and Downtown
- East - The East Route serves East Minot and Downtown
- South - The South Route serves Central and Southwest portions of South Hill and the south leg of Broadway
- South East - The South East Route serves Southeast portions of South Hill
- South West - The South West Route serves Southwest portions of South Hill and the Trinity Hospital area
Ridership
| Ridership | Change | |
| 2014 | 131,640 | n/a |
| 2015 | 124,256 | 5.61% |
| 2016 | 98,111 | 21.04% |
| 2017 | 87,100 | 11.22% |
| 2018 | 87,361 | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 94,738 | 8.44% |
| 2020 | 73,203 | 22.73% |
| 2021 | 49,357 | 32.58% |