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{{Infobox Bus transit
| name            = Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority
| logo            = Tulsa Transit logo.png
| logo_size       = 
| image           =
| image_caption   =  
| company_slogan  = 
| parent          = 
| founded         = 1968
| defunct         =
| headquarters    = 510 South Rockford, Tulsa
| locale          = [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]
| service_area    = Tulsa, [[Jenks, Oklahoma|Jenks]], [[Broken Arrow, Oklahoma|Broken Arrow]] and [[Sand Springs, Oklahoma|Sand Springs]]
| service_type    = [[bus service]], [[paratransit]], [[express bus service]]
| alliance        = 
| routes          = 21
| destinations    = 
| stops           = 
| hubs            = 2 Transit Centers<br>13 [[Park and Ride]]s (locally called "Park-N-Save lots")
| stations        = 
| lounge          = 
| fleet           = 63
| ridership       = 5,420 (2022)<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|url=https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/transit_agency_profile_doc/2022/60018.pdf|title=Tulsa Transit 2022 Agency Profile|access-date=April 24, 2024}}</ref>
| annual ridership= 1,548,388 (2022)<ref name="Profile"/>
| fuel_type       = 
| operator        = City of Tulsa
| ceo             =  
| website         = http://tulsatransit.org/
}}
'''Metropolitan Tulsa Transit Authority''', usually known as MTTA  or '''Tulsa Transit''',{{efn|Tulsa Transit is a trademark of the MTTA<ref name="Justia">[https://trademarks.justia.com/865/73/tulsa-86573005.html "TULSA TRANSIT - Trademark Details."] Accessed November 20, 2016.</ref>}} is the [[public transit]] system operating [[transit bus|buses]] and [[paratransit]] for [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]. In existence since 1968, the system consists of 21 regular routes and 4 night routes, with two major transit hubs: Memorial Midtown Station at 7952 E. 33rd St. in Midtown Tulsa, and the Denver Avenue Station at 319 S. Denver across from the [[BOK Center]] in [[Downtown Tulsa|Downtown]].

==History==

The city's first [[bus rapid transit]] line, known as "Aero" or 700, began operating on November 17, 2019, on Peoria Avenue from 52nd Street North to 81st Street South and Lewis. The route has 52 stations and buses that arrive every 15 to 30 minutes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Canfield |first=Kevin |date=November 17, 2019 |title=Tulsa's Bus Rapid Transit service along Peoria Avenue begins Sunday |url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/local/government-and-politics/tulsa-s-bus-rapid-transit-service-along-peoria-avenue-begins/article_4894ffea-15c6-5904-9c86-bdf7569ff770.html |work=[[Tulsa World]] |accessdate=April 7, 2020}}</ref> The service officially launched on December 19, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Butler |first=Megan |date=December 19, 2019 |title=Tulsa Transit officially launches Aero Bus, extends free rides through Jan. 2 |url=https://ktul.com/news/local/tulsa-transit-launches-aero-bus |publisher=[[KTUL|KTUL News]] |accessdate=April 7, 2020}}</ref>

In August, 2023, Tulsa Transit experienced its busiest month ever to that point, with ridership reaching about 290,000.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/government-politics/tulsa-transit-sees-its-highest-monthly-ridership-ever-official-says/article_d9cde860-4827-11ee-9c73-2379c4fbd698.html |title=Tulsa Transit sees its highest monthly ridership ever, official says|publisher=Kevin Canfield, Tulsa World, August 31, 2023}}</ref>

==Operations==

Tulsa Transit operates regular fixed service Monday to Saturday, from early mornings to early evenings. After daytime service ceases between 7&nbsp;p.m. and 8&nbsp;p.m., the service operates night service on its "Nightlines" until midnight.  Bus frequencies are 30 or 60 minutes Monday through Saturday. A fixed route service with reserved deviations permitted (identical to Nightline routes), operates on Sundays. There is no service on public holidays.

The service used to be known for [[request stop]]s: bus stops were infrequently signed and would stop on request typically after any intersection where it is safe to do so.  This practice was abolished, and stops posted, in a September 2019 system redesign.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Slanchik |first1=Amy |title=Tulsa Transit Changes Routes, First Update In 15 Years |url=https://www.newson6.com/story/5e35bc07fcd8ef694720d1a2/tulsa-transit-changes-routes-first-update-in-15-years |accessdate=14 June 2020 |publisher=News On Six |date=23 September 2019}}</ref>

==Routes==
[[Image:Downtown Tulsa Bus Stop.jpg|right|240px|thumb|Denver Avenue Station]]
Tulsa Transit operates a variety of routes all over the city, and into [[Jenks, Oklahoma|Jenks]], [[Broken Arrow, Oklahoma|Broken Arrow]] and [[Sand Springs, Oklahoma|Sand Springs]] although it does not run as a full-time bus fleet in those locations. Each set of routes is grouped by the first of the three digits, as follows:
* '''1xx'''  routes serve Denver Avenue Station to various parts of the city.
* '''2xx''' routes serve various parts of the city between Denver Avenue and Memorial Midtown Stations.
* '''3xx''' routes serve Memorial Midtown Station to various parts of the city without going to [[Downtown Tulsa]].
* '''4xx''' routes serve neither station, but serve parts of the city.
* '''5xx''' routes serve areas outside of Tulsa.
* '''6xx''' routes run during major events as shuttles.
* '''7xx''' routes are bus rapid transit routes.
* '''8xx''' routes are operate only on Sundays, or at night, and serve each quadrant of the city.
* '''9xx''' routes are express and link [[Downtown Tulsa]] and outlying park and rides.

==Fixed route ridership==

The ridership statistics shown here are of fixed route services only and do not include demand response services.<ref>{{cite web | title=The National Transit Database (NTD) | url=https://www.transit.dot.gov/ntd/data-product/monthly-module-adjusted-data-release | access-date=April 24, 2024}}</ref>

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== Fleet ==

=== Active ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Fleet
Number
!Year
!Manufacturer
!Model
!Engine
!Transmission
!Notes
|- align="center"
|0401-0408
|2004
|[[Gillig]]
|[[Gillig Low Floor|Low Floor 35']]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISL|ISL]]
|
|
|- align="center"
|0409-0414
|2005
|[[ENC (company)|ElDorado National]]
|[[ENC E-Z Rider|E-Z Rider II 30']]
|[[Cummins ISC]]
|[[Allison Transmission|Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B300R]]
| align="left" |0412 retired.
|- align="center"
|0501-0503
|2004
| rowspan="12" |Gillig
|[[Gillig Low Floor|Low Floor 40']]
| rowspan="2" |[[Cummins ISL]]
|
|
|- align="center"
|0504-0511
|2004
|Low Floor 35'
|
|
|- align="center"
|0605
|2006
|[[Gillig Low Floor|Low Floor HEV 35']]
|[[Cummins ISB]]
|Allison E<sup>P</sup>40
hybrid system
|
|- align="center"
|0901-0903
| rowspan="2" |2009
|[[Gillig Low Floor|Low Floor 29']]
| rowspan="2" |[[Cummins ISL]]
|
|
|- align="center"
|0904-0905
|Low Floor 35'
|
|
|- align="center"
|1101-1111
| rowspan="2" |2011
|[[Gillig BRT|BRT CNG 35']]
| rowspan="6" |Cummins [[Westport Innovations|Westport]] [[Cummins ISL|ISL G]]
|
|
|- align="center"
|1112-1115
|[[Gillig BRT|BRT CNG 40']]
|
|
|- align="center"
|1301-1305
| rowspan="3" |2013
|BRT CNG 35'
|
|
|- align="center"
|1307-1309
|BRT CNG 40'
|
|
|- align="center"
|1310-1312
|BRT CNG 35'
|
|
|- align="center"
|1601-1602
|2016
|BRT CNG 40'
|
|
|- align="center"
|1701-1708
|2017
|BRT CNG 35'
|Cummins [[Westport Innovations|Westport]] [[Cummins ISL|ISL G NZ]]
|
|
|}

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

==See also==
*[[List of bus transit systems in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tulsatransit.org/ Official website]
*[https://cms.dot.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/OK%20Tulsa.pdf "Tulsa's Smart City Transportation Initiative." City of Tulsa. February 4, 2016.]  Long-range study for U.S. Department of Transportation, Beyond Traffic: The Smart City Challenge.

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[[Category:Transit agencies in Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Transportation in Tulsa, Oklahoma]]

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