By: Madison Smalstig If you need to ask a question about a bus at MITS, Deborah (Debbie) McCoy is the go to person. As the parts supervisor, Debbie must keep track of all aspects of a bus. She has records for how many miles the buses have driven, how much gas they have used, when…
By: Madison Smalstig Janet Coburn is in charge of keeping the service area for MITS straight. Literally. As the maintenance secretary, her job is to purchase new building and ground supplies. She needs to keep track of all information regarding the buses, including how much fuel the buses have used, what kind of parts need…
By: Madison Smalstig Troy Denson is the maintenance director at MITS and is in charge of keeping track of the records for the fleet of buses, making sure all preventative maintenance programs are upheld, overseeing the mechanics working in the garage, and purchasing and inspecting new buses. He has been working in this position for…
MITS invites all riders who use the MITS Plus service or have questions about MITS Plus to the quarterly Citizens Advisory Committee meeting at 5:30 p.m. on November 15th at the MITS Board Room at 1400 East Seymour Street. Transportation can be arranged by calling MITS Plus at 765-284-4753.
By: Madison Smalstig The Muncie Indiana Transportation System (MITS) fixed-route transportation supervisor’s job is to ensure that MITS is providing the people of Muncie with a reliable and safe public transportation system. Working with drivers, monitoring routes and managing the transportation section of the website are just a few examples of what these supervisors oversee…
By: Madison Smalstig MITS Plus is a program designated for those who are ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) certified. This service provides a service for these individuals to travel around town. The woman behind the operation is Crystal Thomas. As the MITS Plus supervisor, she is in charge of staying up-to-date on the American disability…
MITS has recently published a new edition of the Bus Book for citizens to use to navigate around Muncie. The following were printing errors and will be corrected in the next edition. Please make note of these errors: All veterans of the military are now are eligible to ride MITS for free. MITS will stop…
By: Madison Smalstig MITS (Muncie Indiana Transit System) transports many individuals daily around Muncie to their jobs. One of the organizations that MITS works with to help transport employees to their job is Erskine Green Training Institute (EGTI). EGTI features ten to thirteen-week training programs in which instructors teach people with disabilities to work…
Effective August 14, 2017 Some MITS fixed routes will be changing. Click HERE for more information.
A MITS bus driver, Nikki Knight, noticed a toddler wearing only a diaper as she made a stop on her regular route last week. Knight parked her bus and got out to check on the child. No guardians came out to see what was happening so the police were called and eventually the mother arrived at…