Does DART serve Grimes, Iowa?

No. DART ended all service to Grimes on June 30, 2025, after the city withdrew from the DART system. There is no fixed-route bus in Grimes today.

How do you get around Grimes without a car?

Options are limited. HIRTA provides eligible paratransit and on-demand rides, rideshare operates across the metro, but Grimes is largely a drive-everywhere town.

Public Transit in Grimes, Iowa: Does DART Serve Grimes?

This one matters if you are moving here without a car, so we will be straight about it: Grimes is a drive-everywhere town, more so than it used to be.

The short version

DART no longer serves Grimes. Des Moines Area Regional Transit ended all Grimes service at the end of June 2025 after the city withdrew from DART. There is no fixed-route bus in town today.

What changed

DART service ended in 2025

Through mid-2025, Grimes had a DART park-and-ride and an on-call neighborhood shuttle. Those ended on June 30, 2025, along with DART paratransit trips starting or ending in Grimes. DART directed former paratransit riders to HIRTA (the Heart of Iowa Regional Transit Agency) for future rides.

What remains

Your options now

HIRTA for eligible paratransit and on-demand rides in the region.
Rideshare (Uber and Lyft) operates across the metro.
Driving is the practical default. Downtown Des Moines is about a 20-minute drive; see our commute guide.

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Sources: DART (ridedart.com) service-change notices. Transit arrangements change, so confirm current options with HIRTA and DART. Preview build, September 2026.

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DART service ended in 2025

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