Public Transit

North Liberty Transportation Assistance Program (NLTAP)

For $1 per ride, qualified North Liberty residents can call a taxi to pick up groceries, get to the bank, visit a doctor, connect to a bus or certain other essential quality-of-life trips scheduled Monday through Friday from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm or Saturday 7:00 am to 12:00 pm (noon). Residents can be eligible for this program because they don’t have access to vehicle, face financial difficulty, or are permanently or temporarily disabled.

Northern Johnson County Trip Connect for work/college transportation only

Trip Connect is a pilot project through Johnson County Social Services, supplemented with Federal and State funding.

To access this service, riders need to be experiencing a lack of access to transportation, be at least 16 years old, and need to travel to work, work training, or college classes in the evenings (pick up and drop off stops are limited to North Liberty, Coralville, Iowa City, and other locations north of Interstate 80).

The Trip Connect bus runs between the hours of 5:00 pm – 12:00 am (midnight) Sunday through Friday (no service on Saturday or holidays).

Each eligible one-way trip costs $2 per person.

Ride reservations are made using a cell phone app with the ability to pre-book up to seven days (booking on the app is preferred; but, alternatively, users can book a ride by calling the Trip Connect office with enough advanced notice).

Trip Connect will not pick up or drop someone off in Linn County/Cedar Rapids or south Johnson County; busses also do not run before 5:00 pm, so first shift rides need to be sourced using a different transportation mode. The goal of this experimental program is for Johnson County Social Services and North Liberty Transit to explore the need for a demand-response bus service and learn how to facilitate it. For the duration of the pilot term or until the funding runs out, Trip Connect is limited to the current hours and scope with no exceptions.

North Liberty residents interested in or have questions about Trip Connect should email the North Liberty Transit Coordinator at [email protected].

Johnson County SEATS Paratransit Service

North Liberty offers ADA Paratransit to eligible residents through Coralville Transit and Johnson County SEATS. Information, and the application, is available through the City of Coralville.

Bus Service to Coralville and Iowa City

Fixed route bus service between North Liberty and Iowa City is provided by contract with Coralville Transit twice each day Monday through Friday.

Single ride fare:

• Adult $1.00
• Youth (age 5-18) $0.50
• Children under 5 are free
• Seniors (65+) are free (must present current Senior C-PASS card or Medicare card when boarding)
• Disabled persons are free (must present current Disabled C-PASS card when boarding)

Driver does not make change, please pay exact fare. Ask the driver for a free transfer slip if transferring to another Coralville Transit bus. Iowa City Transit is fare free, so no transfer slip is necessary.

Senior or Disabled C-PASS cards for North Liberty residents can be obtained by leaving a voicemail at (319) 626-5918 or email at [email protected]. A current photo ID and proof of residency will be required before a pass can be issued. Disabled individuals will also receive a form for their physician to complete.

Other pass options:

• A 24-Hour Pass can be purchased on a Coralville Transit Bus for $2.00.
• A 31-Day Bus pass can be purchased from Coralville Transit (adult $32; youth $16) at Coralville City Hall (1512 7th St, Coralville), both Coralville Hy-Vee locations, and the Coralville Recreation Center (1506 8th St, Coralville).
• University of Iowa students, faculty, and staff may be eligible for a special rate; visit U-Pass website or call the University of Iowa Parking Office at (319) 335-1475.

The North Liberty bus operates Monday through Friday, year-round, except for the following holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.

Free public parking is available at the North Liberty Community Center; transit users are asked to use the northwesternmost parking stalls.

Questions regarding this service can be addressed to Coralville Transit at (319) 248-1790.

Transit Reports & Data (updated September 2024)

The following items are periodically updated.

• North Liberty Transit Data
  • all modes – enrollment & cost
  • NLTAP – trip destinations
  • NLTAP – cardholders, cost & location demand
  • NLTAP – new cardholders & renewals
  • JoCo ARPA Same Day – trip & user
• North Liberty Annual Transit Report
  • 2024 – NEW!
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
• Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County (MPOJC)
• East Central Iowa Council of Governments (ECICOG)

Click on each thumbnail below to view graphics highlighting longitudinal transit data & trends.

Source information includes:  North Liberty City Budget Data, trip reports from Johnson County SEATS and Yellow Cab/Yellow Transport of Iowa City; productivity reports from Johnson County SEATS; invoices from the City of Coralville Transit, Johnson County SEATS, and Yellow Cab/Yellow Transport of Iowa City; annual surveys from North Liberty Transportation Assistance Program cardholders; and ridership information from the City of Coralville Transit, North Liberty Transportation Assistance Program database, and JoCo ARPA Same Day On-Demand Transportation Service applications. Personally identifiable information has been removed and point data amalgamated in order to protect individuals’ privacy.

Transportation Questions

North Liberty Transit Hotline (319) 626-5918 or [email protected]

Johnson County Social Services Mobility Coordinator (319) 688-5841 or johnsoncountyiowa.gov/mobility