People Mover (Anchorage)
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Founded | July 1, 1974 |
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Headquarters | 3600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99507 (operations), 700 West Sixth Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501 (customer service) |
Locale | Anchorage, Alaska |
Service area | Anchorage |
Service type | bus service |
Routes | 13 |
Hubs | Dimond Center, Downtown, Eagle River, Muldoon, Providence Hospital |
Fleet | 52 |
Fuel type | Diesel, Electric |
Operator | Municipality of Anchorage |
Website | www.peoplemover.org |
The People Mover is the public transportation agency that serves metropolitan Anchorage, Alaska. It is owned and operated by the Municipality of Anchorage, with service primarily within city limits as well as Eagle River.
Service
The People Mover bus system includes regular all-day service routes on many of the city's major streets as well as two routes with rush hour-only service (the #91 which serves Old Seward Highway south of the Dimond Center Mall and the #92 which runs nonstop from Downtown to Eagle River). Many routes terminate at the Downtown Transit Center, located at the southeast corner of 6th Avenue and H Street in Downtown Anchorage.
People Mover service for most routes within Anchorage begins at 6 or 7 am and ends at 9 or 10 pm, with some of the major routes running until 11 pm on weekdays (and the Route 40 to the airport and Spenard running until almost 2am on weekdays). On Saturdays, most of the all-day routes begin service at 8 am, and end at 7pm. On Sundays, routes end approximately 1 hour earlier.
In 2016, the City of Anchorage undertook a study to redesign the service with the aim of providing more frequent service without increasing its public transit budget. This resulted in a proposed plan by late November 2016 for more streamlined routes, with less off-tracking than previously, combined with 15-minute frequencies in the densest parts of the city; service to outlying communities would be curtailed. It was expected that a new schedule could be introduced as early as August 2017, but it actually ended up being implemented October 23rd, 2017.[1] The previous system was designed in 2002, and most routes came once per hour.
Fares
NOTE: due to the COVID-19 outbreak, rider capacity limits have been in effect on all buses. These vary depending on the severity of the outbreak.
Fare category | One Way Cash Fare | 24-Hour Pass | 7-Day Pass | 30-Day Pass | Annual Pass |
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Adults | US $2 | US $5 | US $26 | US $60 | US $660 |
Youth (Age 5-18)1 | US $1 | US $2.5 | US $13 | US $30 | US $330 |
Half Fare: Senior 60+, Disabled, Medicare Card Holders & Veterans2 | |||||
Children (Age 4 and under, limit 3)3 | Free | ||||
UAA, APU, Charter College Students4 |
1Students in Anchorage middle and high schools ride free during the academic year with their school ID and all riders under 18 or in school ride for free on Thursdays during the summer.
2Seniors, age 60 and over, must show proof of age, People Mover Half Fare Pass or Medicare Card to qualify. Disabled persons must show People Mover Reduced fare Pass or Medicare Card to qualify. Veterans must obtain Half Fare ID Card.
3Children Under 5 are FREE and must be accompanied by an adult; 3-kid limit.
4UAA students, faculty, and staff must show their current semester WOLFCard to qualify. APU and Charter College students, faculty and staff must show their current semester university ID card.
New Routes
No. | Name | Termini & Major Streets | Schedule | Former Route |
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10 | Northern Lights | Downtown to Muldoon Transfer Center via Northern Lights Blvd | Every 15 minutes weekdays, 30 minutes weekends | 3 |
11 | Government Hill/Fairview | Bluff & Birch to Chugach Manor via Downtown (Loop) | Every 60 minutes weekdays and weekends | 13 (Fairview portion), 14 (Government Hill portion) |
20 | Mountain View | Downtown to Alaska Native Medical Center via Bragaw Street | Every 15 minutes weekdays, 30 minutes weekends | 45 |
21 | Mountain View/Northway | Downtown to Lane & Parsons via Northway Mall | Every 25-35 minutes weekdays and weekends | 8 (Mountain View Drive), 45 (Mountain View loop) |
25 | Tudor | Downtown to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Hospital via A/C Street, East Tudor Road, and Muldoon Road | Every 30 minutes weekdays and weekends. Every 15 minutes from approximately 12:30pm to 6:30pm weekdays. | 75 |
30 | Debarr | Downtown to Muldoon Transfer Center via 15th Avenue/Debarr Road | Every 15 minutes weekdays, 30 minutes weekends | 15 |
31 | Northeast | Downtown to Centennial Village via Northway Mall & Staedem Hill | Every 30 minutes weekdays and weekends | 8 |
35 | Arctic | Downtown to Dimond Center via Arctic Blvd | Every 30 minutes weekdays and weekends | 9 |
40 | Spenard/Airport | Downtown to Ted Stevens International Airport via Spenard Road | Every 15 minutes weekdays, 30 minutes weekends | 7 (northern portion) |
55 | Lake Otis | Providence Hospital to Dimond Center via Lake Otis Parkway | Every 60 minutes weekdays and weekends | 1 (south of Providence Hospital), 2 (north of Providence Hospital) |
65 | Jewel Lake | Spenard Road & Wisconsin Street to Dimond Center via Jewel Lake Road | Every 60 minutes weekdays and weekends | 7 (southern portion) |
91 | Huffman | Dimond Center to Oceanview Drive via Old Seward Highway, and Huffman Business Park | 2 trips in the AM rush and 2 trips in the PM rush, spaced 1 hour apart. | 60 (south of Dimond Center) |
92 | Eagle River | Downtown to Eagle River via Glenn Highway | 3 westbound double trips and 1 eastbound trip in the AM, 2 eastbound double trips, 2 eastbound double trips, and 1 westbound single trip in the PM | 102 |
Former Routes
Prior to 2017, the route system was numbered as follows:
- 1: Muldoon Transfer Center-Dimond Transit Center.
- 2: Downtown-Dimond Center via Avenue A/C, 36th Avenue, and Lake Otis Parkway.
- 3: Centennial Village-Downtown via Northern Lights Blvd.
- 8: Downtown-Muldoon via Northeast Anchorage.
- 9: Downtown-Dimond Center via Artic Blvd.
- 13: Downtown-Muldoon Transfer Center via Chugach Manor and UAA.
- 15: Downtown-Muldoon via Debar Road.
- 45: Downtown-ANMC via Mountain View
- 75: Downtown-Alaska Heritage Center via A/C Street, : ANMC-Chugach (rush hours)
Transit fleet
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Active roster
Fleet Number | Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
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60251-60268 | 2008 | NFI | D40LF | Cummins ISL | Replacements for 1995 units[2] | ||
60269-60283 | 2010 | NFI | D40LFR | Cummins ISL9 | Replacements for some 1998 series units[3] | ||
60284-60291 | 2011 | NFI | D40LFR | Cummins ISL9 | |||
60292-60302 | 2013 | NFI | D40LFR | Cummins ISL9 |
References
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