Heads Up Urbandale Bus Riders; On Call and Express Routes Change Monday

Do you ride the bus to work? You'd better check DART's new routes and schedules before Monday.

DART's Express routes and On Call service in Urbandale will change, beginning Sunday. This is the first phase of DART's plan to increase bus service in the metro area, according to the agency.

Check the bus service's website for detailed information about your route, but here are the changes in a nutshell:

• If you ride an express bus downtown, you'll probably find its route changing in downtown Des Moines. Express buses will travel on Grand Avenue and Locust Street, but no longer on Walnut Street.
• If you rode your express bus to the Capitol Complex, you'll now have to get off your express bus downtown and get on the free D-line shuttle to reach the state Capitol.
• Urbandale On Call service in zones 1-4 changes to the new Urbandale-Windsor Heights Flex Route 73.
• If you rode the Clive On Call bus, that is being replaced by the Route 92 Hickman Express bus.
• Route 93, which travels through Johnston, Urbandale and Clive on 86th Street to the freeway will not change, other than discontinuing service to the Capitol Complex. 

Still have questions? Gunnar Olson, public information officer for DART, is available to answer them if you post them in the comments boxes below.

For schedules, route changes or directions to the nearest DART stop, you can visit DART's website or call 515.283.8100.