235 East McLeod Avenue

Ironwood, MI 49938

Phone: 906/932-2523

FAX: 906/932-1493

James R. Mildren, Director

Rita M. Oman, Assistant Director/Fiscal Manager

E-mail: bluebus@gogebic.cc.mi.us

Area Served: Gogebic County -- Began Operations in 1981

Full Time Employees: 6

Part Time Employees: 2

Fleet Size: 6 Lift-equipped and radio dispatched buses

Days/Hours of Operations: Local Bus Service --

Monday through Friday -- 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Office --

Monday through Friday -- 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Greyhound Bus Service --

Daily - 7 Days Per Week

Greyhound Office --

Monday through Friday --8:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Operational Structure: Act 196 Transit Authority

Type of Service: Demand Response

1. Combination of bus routes with deviation - Dial-A-Ride services and township routes which allow people access to services, shopping, and employment throughout

Gogebic County.

2. Greyhound bus terminal for ticket sales and information, plus Greyhound Lines bus stop for access to the 4:35 AM Ironwood to Duluth/Minneapolis bus route and the 8:25 PM Ironwood to Escanaba-Marquette-Lower Michigan-Milwaukee- Chicago, etc. bus routes.

Largest Business Served: Provides customers access to health care in a rural

Area by 14 trips daily to the Grand View Hospital

And surrounding medical complex.

Additional Information: Almost 70% of annual ridership is seniors and

handicappers.