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SWITA Ridership Record Breaking Again in FY2024
Southwest Iowa Transit Agency (SWITA) is celebrating another year of record ridership for Fiscal
Year 2024. From July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 SWITA provided 552,231 rides. This milestone tops
last year’s record mark of 542, 457 total rides, showing the continued importance of public transit
in Southwest Iowa.
SWITA helps get riders in the region to work, education, healthcare, and much more. SWITA’s
workforce transportation services provided approximately 94,000 rides this fiscal year. Taxi rides are
available in Atlantic, Glenwood, Harlan, Missouri Valley, Red Oak, and Shenandoah. That service
notched 54,808 rides this year; helping residents complete their day-to-day activities.
Fiscal Year 2024 riders travelled a total of 1,880,799 miles during 116,792 hours of vehicle
operation. Obtaining cost-efficiency during that much public transit service can be a major
challenge, but SWITA has improved that metric each of the past three years, leading the state
among rural agencies.
SWITA is proud to be part of transit equation for so many here in eight Iowa counties. SWITA’s ride
services include that workforce transportation and those taxis along with medical transportation,
student transportation, and special/charter trips. SWITA vehicles are equipped with wheelchair
accessibility and one personal attendant rides free.
SWITA has earned major honors for its service this year. SWITA was named the Iowa Department of
Transportation’s Regional Transit System of the Year and received the FTA Region 7 Rural Transit
Systems Award of Excellence.
To find out more about SWITA and the services offered you can browse SWITA.com or call 800-842-
8065 or 712-243-2518. Follow us on Facebook for regular updates as well. SWITA services are open
to the public.
