Your DART Route Vanishes June 14

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On Sunday, June 14, every current DART local bus route in the Des Moines metro is being replaced — all of them, at once. Tonight at Kirkendall Public Library, DART sets up shop from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. to show you exactly what your new ride looks like. Let's roll. 🚲

For the first time in DART's history, every local bus route in the system is being wiped and rebuilt from scratch. The 11 new routes are the final phase of Reimagine DART — a multi-year overhaul designed around the metro's busiest streets, with most routes promised to run more often, all day, seven days a week.

For Ankeny, that means two practical changes. Bus stop locations along your current commute will move. And the Ankeny microtransit zone — DART's on-demand ride service that's been operating here as a pilot — now covers roughly the same area as today, but will not extend as far west as originally planned.

Tonight's open house is the only one happening in Ankeny. Bring your current commute and a DART staff member will walk you through your new route, your new stop, and your new schedule. Snacks and printed maps provided.

📍 DART "Learn My Route" Open House — Ankeny: Today, 4:30–6:30 p.m. · Kirkendall Public Library, 1250 SW District Dr. · Free, drop in.

📍 Source: Reimagine DART — Final Network · DART Open House Event

Ankeny High girls' soccer (varsity) advanced to the Class 3A Region 6 final last night, beating Marshalltown 11-1 in the regional semifinal. The Hawks led 11-1 with 31:17 still left in the second half before the match closed.

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Ankeny Love Lunches restarts its summer lunch-at-the-park program today, and beginning this Wednesday the Ankeny BookMobile rolls into Sunset Park alongside it — lunch and a book check-out, every Wednesday all summer. On Fridays the pair moves to Ankeny Presbyterian Church. Both are free and open to all — no income paperwork, no school enrollment, no questions asked. The BookMobile is staffed by Northeast Elementary PTO plus volunteer crews and is looking for more hands.

📍 Source: Mayor Bentz Facebook share · Ankeny Love Lunches · The BookMobile

NW Fifth Street is closed as of yesterday (Tuesday, June 2) from just west of North Ankeny Boulevard to just west of the Hy-Vee Gas entrance and just east of the north parking lot entrance — part of the Iowa DOT-led North Ankeny Boulevard Phase 2 project. The new right-turn lane from NW Fifth to North Ankeny Blvd is getting lengthened in the process. (The signal at North Ankeny Blvd & NW Ninth was activated May 28.)

The SE Oralabor Road & SE Four Mile Drive intersection went to an all-way STOP Monday for the Traffic Signal Improvement Program. It stays a four-way stop until the new signal activates in fall 2026.

📍 Sources: Street Project Changes for Monday, June 1 · North Ankeny Blvd Project Updates

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Mark your calendar twice: tonight, 4:30 p.m. at Kirkendall to learn your new DART route, and Sunday, June 14 when every current local bus route is replaced. Bring your current commute to the open house and walk out with the new one.

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