Interurban Trolley is an Elkhart County regional public bus service operated by the Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG).
The name refers to the fact that the system serves several communities using vintage-trolley-style buses, evoking interurban trains that were common in United States during the early 20th century.
[4] In 1999, MACOG launched the Elkhart-Goshen route, linking together the cities of Elkhart and Goshen and establishing the BUS transit system.
On December 20, 2006, MACOG replaced the mini-buses with wheelchair-accessible trolley-style buses and gave the system its current name.
It is made up of two sets of loops that run through Elkhart's western and eastern neighborhoods, intersecting at the system's transit hub.
[9] On February 3, 2012, MACOG officials announced that service will be changed after Concord Township cut its share of the system funding.
The last-minute injection of funds from Elkhart and Goshen city governments allowed MACOG to avoid immediate cuts and gave it a month to figure out how the service would be changed.
It is located near The Elkhart Courthouse in the city's downtown, on Franklin Street, between 2nd St. and 3rd St. All given routes stop here within minutes of each other, creating convenient transfers.