Downtown Iowa City is a pedestrian paradise with a 95/100 walkability score and the hub of the City of Iowa City transportation. There are many ways to get to and around Downtown Iowa City: bus, bike, park, walk—combine them ALL!
Getting Around Downtown
3,635 spots to park in the ramp
Make the Parking Ramps your go-to choice when driving Downtown and receive your first hour free automatically! Rates in the ramp are only $1/hr after your first free hour* in most of the ramps. They are cheap, easy, and there’s always room in one of our ramps.
*The first free hour in the parking ramps does not include the Harrison Street Ramp or the Chauncey Swan Ramp, but the rates are $0.75 per hour in these ramps.
Capitol Street
(adjacent to Old Capitol Mall)
Harrison Street
(adjacent to Court Street Transportation Center)
Dubuque Street
(adjacent to the Graduate Iowa City Hotel)
Tower Place
(Iowa Avenue)
Chauncey Swan
(Near College Green Park)
Court Street
Transportation Center
(Court St & Dubuque St)
Downtown By Automobile
- Your first hour is free in the parking ramps – LEARN MORE
- 1.2 million hours of free parking per year
- Use the Park Me App for real-time parking updates
- Monthly Parking permits are available for purchase – Call 319-356-5151
- Street meters are free on Sundays
- 1,142 on street metered parking spots
- Solar powered meters accept coins and credit/debit cards
- Moped parking is available on street and ramp parking at designated locations that require permits – LEARN MORE
Leave Your Car at Home
– WALK, BIKE, AND RIDE
Walker’s Paradise
Daily errands do not require a car.
- Downtown Iowa City’s dense nature makes it a pedestrian paradise with thousands daily choosing to enjoy the sights and sounds of Downtown by foot.
Biker’s Paradise
Flat as a pancake, excellent bike lanes.
- Downtown itself is an excellent place to pedal instead of drive, receiving the rank of a silver-level bike-friendly community by the League of American Bicyclists. While there are hundreds of bike parking spots and bike lockers currently located in the heart of Downtown, Downtown Iowa City and the City of Iowa City are actively working on building up the bike infrastructure available in downtown to plan for a bike-sharing system, protected bike lanes, and the installation of a new bike parklet on Dubuque St.
UBER & Taxi
- Taxi services and the car-sharing service UBER are available all hours of the day and in all locations of downtown.
- Taxi and UBER services are available to and from the Eastern Iowa Airport.
Bus
Getting into Downtown and around the area is fast, easy and inexpensive.
- On Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, Fare Free Iowa City began bringing free rides to everyone on Iowa City transit! Fare Free Iowa City is a two-year pilot program that means every ride on Iowa City buses is free for everyone. No transit passes or pocket change needed.
- Iowa City Transit bus service operates every half-hour on most routes during daily rush hour Monday through Friday: 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
- Hourly service runs Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., and all day Saturday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. There is no service on Sunday.
- Bus stops are clearly marked throughout the city, and each stop provides the route number(s) and operating times for all buses serving that stop.
- Map your bus routes and get live information on bus schedules – GET STARTED
Rides coming to and from on the Coralville Transit System start at $1. There are 10-day and 31-day passes available, as well as student-discounted prices and off-peak hour discounts. See details – LEARN MORE
Bus service between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City is offered by 380 Express with fares as low as $3.50. There arre 10-Ride and Monthly passes available. See details – LEARN MORE