TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN SOUTH DAKOTA

Some of these metropolitan areas are served by regional rural transit systems, covered further at the Rural Page for this section.

OLDER METROPOLITAN AREAS

Sioux Falls

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
1887-1907 - several companies
1907-1929 - Sioux Falls Traction Co.
1929 - streetcars discontinued
After 1929 - Sioux Transit Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Sioux Falls Transit
Primarily city service
Outlying Minnehaha County - no local transit service
New additional metropolitan counties:
Lincoln County (Canton) - city service only - Canton Transit Authority
Turner County - regional rural system
McCook County - no regional transit service

NEWER METROPOLITAN AREAS

Rapid City

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
After 1891 - Rapid City Street Railway Co.
Streetcars discontinued
Private bus co. in 1952 - Rapid Traction Co.

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Rapid Transit System
Primarily city service
Outlying Pennington County - East Pennington County Transit System
Additional metropolitan counties:
Meade County - regional rural system

Sioux City (IA)

CITY TRANSIT HISTORY
None known in South Dakota

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEMS
Union County (Beresford) - city service only - Beresford Transportation

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