People Mover (Anchorage)


The People Mover is the public transportation agency that serves metropolitan Anchorage, Alaska. It is owned and operated by the Municipality of Anchorage, with service primarily within city limits as well as Eagle River.

Service

The People Mover bus system includes regular all-day service routes on many of the city's major streets as well as two routes with rush hour-only service. Many routes terminate at the Downtown Transit Center, located at the southeast corner of 6th Avenue and H Street in Downtown Anchorage.
People Mover service for most routes within Anchorage begins at 6 or 7 am and ends at 9 or 10 pm, with some of the major routes running until 11 pm on weekdays. On Saturdays, most of the all-day routes begin service at 8 am, and end at 7pm. On Sundays, routes end approximately 1 hour earlier.
In 2016, the City of Anchorage undertook a study to redesign the service with the aim of providing more frequent service without increasing its public transit budget. This resulted in a proposed plan by late November 2016 for more streamlined routes, with less off-tracking than previously, combined with 15-minute frequencies in the densest parts of the city; service to outlying communities would be curtailed. It was expected that a new schedule could be introduced as early as August 2017, but it actually ended up being implemented October 23rd, 2017. The previous system was designed in 2002, and most routes came once per hour.

Fares

NOTE: since mid-March 2020, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, all fares are free up to further notice.
1Students in Anchorage middle and high schools ride free during the academic year with their school ID and all riders under 18 or in school ride for free on Thursdays during the summer.
2Seniors, age 60 and over, must show proof of age, People Mover Half Fare Pass or Medicare Card to qualify. Disabled persons must show People Mover Reduced fare Pass or Medicare Card to qualify. Veterans must obtain Half Fare ID Card.
3Children Under 5 are FREE and must be accompanied by an adult; 3-kid limit.
4UAA students, faculty, and staff must show their current semester WOLFCard to qualify. APU and Charter College students, faculty and staff must show their current semester university ID card.

New Routes

No.NameTermini & Major StreetsScheduleFormer Route
10Northern LightsDowntown to Muldoon Transfer Center via Northern Lights BlvdEvery 15 minutes weekdays, 30 minutes weekends3
11Government Hill/FairviewBluff & Birch to Chugach Manor via Downtown Every 60 minutes weekdays and weekends13, 14
20Mountain ViewDowntown to Alaska Native Medical Center via Bragaw StreetEvery 15 minutes weekdays, 30 minutes weekends45
21Mountain View/NorthwayDowntown to Lane & Parsons via Northway MallEvery 25-35 minutes weekdays and weekends8, 45
25TudorDowntown to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Hospital via A/C Street, East Tudor Road, and Muldoon RoadEvery 30 minutes weekdays and weekends. Every 15 minutes from approximately 12:30pm to 6:30pm weekdays.75
30DebarrDowntown to Muldoon Transfer Center via 15th Avenue/Debarr RoadEvery 15 minutes weekdays, 30 minutes weekends15
31NortheastDowntown to Centennial Village via Northway Mall & Staedem HillEvery 30 minutes weekdays and weekends8
35ArcticDowntown to Dimond Center via Arctic BlvdEvery 30 minutes weekdays and weekends9
40Spenard/AirportDowntown to Ted Stevens International Airport via Spenard RoadEvery 15 minutes weekdays, 30 minutes weekends7
55Lake OtisProvidence Hospital to Dimond Center via Lake Otis ParkwayEvery 60 minutes weekdays and weekends1, 2
65Jewel LakeSpenard Road & Wisconsin Street to Dimond Center via Jewel Lake RoadEvery 60 minutes weekdays and weekends7
91HuffmanDimond Center to Oceanview Drive via Old Seward Highway, and Huffman Business Park2 trips in the AM rush and 2 trips in the PM rush, spaced 1 hour apart.60
92Eagle RiverDowntown to Eagle River via Glenn Highway3 westbound double trips and 1 eastbound trip in the AM, 2 eastbound double trips, 2 eastbound double trips, and 1 westbound single trip in the PM102

Former Routes

Prior to 2017, the route system was numbered as follows:
  1. 1: Muldoon Transfer Center-Dimond Transit Center.
  2. 2: Downtown-Dimond Center via Avenue A/C, 36th Avenue, and Lake Otis Parkway.
  3. 3: Centennial Village-Downtown via Northern Lights Blvd.
  4. 8: Downtown-Muldoon via Northeast Anchorage.
  5. 9: Downtown-Dimond Center via Artic Blvd.
  6. 13: Downtown-Muldoon Transfer Center via Chugach Manor and UAA.
  7. 15: Downtown-Muldoon via Debar Road.
  8. 45: Downtown-ANMC via Mountain View
  9. 75: Downtown-Alaska Heritage Center via A/C Street, : ANMC-Chugach

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