City Loops: Traverse City's bus routes
Do you carry a mobile device? Find your bus using the Transit App or Google Maps Transit. You may also visit www.batabustracker.com to follow the GPS tracker on your bus as it moves along the route to your stop. To add convenience, you may pay for your ride using your phone with the Journey App. Please download today!
Print maps and schedules at the links below:
- City Loop 1: Downtown Traverse City to the Grand Traverse Mall (Temporarily ends at Albany Fire Station while Veterans Drive is closed)
- City Loop 2: Downtown Traverse City to Lafranier Road & Goodwill Inn
- City Loop 7: Meijer/GT Crossing (Walmart) to Lafranier Rd & Garfield Rd
Route Map & Schedules Effective: 07.21.24
City Loop 1, 2, 7, and Bayline Map (See www.bata.net/2024 for Bayline Construction/map updates)
Learn more about the free Bayline by clicking this link.
ROUTE 1: Downtown Hall Street Transfer Center to the Grand Traverse Mall
Alert: The City of Traverse City will begin the Veterans Drive Reconstruction Project on Monday, July 22, 2024. The project limits will be on Veterans Drive between Fourteenth and the City limits (just south of Fairlane Drive), and is anticipated to be complete in mid-October. BATA's Route 1 will detour to Fitzhugh Drive using Highway 31, and continue to the GT Crossings/GT Mall/Albany St. Fire Station to avoid the construction on Veterans Drive. Stops on Veterans Drive between Albany Street and Fourteenth Street will be closed during construction.
Route 1 Map
Route 2: Downtown Hall Street Transfer Center to Library/SOS/GT Health/Goodwill Inn
New - there is now an outbound stop on Barlow Street at Baldwin (in front of Deerings).
Route 2 Map
City Loop Route 7: Meijer, Grand Traverse Crossings, LaFranier and Garfield Corridors
BATA bus routes go beyond City Loops! For information on the BATA bus schedules to outlying villages and towns in Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties, click here.
Updated: 07.21.24
Plan your day with an easy to read timetable of stop locations for your route.