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!
City Loop 1: Downtown Traverse City to the Grand Traverse Mall
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: 7.31.23
City Loop 1, 2, 7, and Bayline Map
Learn more about the free Bayline by clicking this link.
ROUTE 1: Downtown Hall Street Transfer Center to the Grand Traverse Mall
Route 1 Map
Route 2: Downtown Hall Street Transfer Center to Library/SOS/GT Health/Goodwill Inn
Service Alert: Starting Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, City Loop Route 2 and Village Loop Route 13 - Kingsley will have a modified route path due to construction at the Cass and 8th Street intersection in Traverse City. Both the Inbound and Outbound stop at Cass and Lake Streets for Route 2 (#205/275) and 13 (#1302/1303) as well as the Route 2 stops at 8th and Lake (#207/273) will be closed throughout the construction project, which is slated to last until mid-October. Please visit www.bata.net or call 231.941.2324.
Route 2 Map
Starting June 26, 2023, a new service connects Meijer/GT Crossings directly to Lafranier Road and Oak Terrace at Garfield Rd. This Route will run FARE FREE until Labor Day 2023.
New! BATA has added an additional bus stop at GT Crossing storefront at Books a Million, plus stops on Franke Road at Great Wolf Lodge/Panera Bread.
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: 07.31.23
Plan your day with an easy to read timetable of stop locations for your route.