GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — The city of Galveston is one of only a handful of small municipal governments in the state that administers its own public transit system, according to a Texas Department ...

Barnes rides Island Transit, which is operated by the City of Galveston. The latest figures from the American Public Transportation Association put Island Transit’s monthly ridership at about ...

Galveston Assistant City Manager Rick Beverlin says it costs over $4 million a year to run Island Transit. That leaves local government to make up the difference.

The city is asking residents to submit public comments by 5 p.m. Friday, March 18 at the Island Transit Offices located at 3115 Market Street. For more on this story, follow Roxie Bustamante on ...

The Galveston Daily News reported Tuesday that Island Transit bus services declined from almost 1 million riders in 2005 to less than 430,000 last year. Any fare hike would have to be approved by ...

New fleet of Galveston buses aimed to fix island's public-transit woes The island's transportation agency has been testing its latest additions, which nod to the city's first streetcars of the 1860s.

More than four years after Hurricane Ike slammed into Galveston, tearing down homes and damaging the city's historic trolley system, the ensuing population loss threatens to diminish bus service ...

Island Transit buses carry Galveston residents displaced by Hurricane Ike on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008, in Galveston. The city-run bus system will scale back its hours, citing funding uncertainty, on ...

Galveston's Island Transit offers seven color-coded routes that thread through the island; most of them start operating around 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. and end around 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

According to 2011 Census data, more than 20,000 people work in Galveston but live off the island, and 10,000 live on the island but work off of it. ... Island Transit, and UTMB as key partners.

GALVESTON, Texas — The City ... For visitors planning to attend, Island Transit services will be suspended during the main event days of February 22 and March 1.

The city of Galveston is one of only a handful of small municipal governments in the state that administers its own public transit system, according to a Texas Department of Transportation database.