Milwaukee County Transit System

Milwaukee County Transit System
Parent Milwaukee County Government
Founded June 1, 1975
Headquarters 1942 North 17th St.Coordinates: 43°03′18.5″N 87°55′59″W / 43.055139°N 87.93306°W / 43.055139; -87.93306
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Service area Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha counties
Service type Bus Service
Routes 50+
Hubs Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee Intermodal Station , Henry Maier Festival Park (Seasonal)
Stations Kinnicknnic Ave Garage, Fond du Lac Ave Garage
Fleet About 400 buses
Daily ridership 151,000
(2011 avg. weekday)[1]
Fuel type Diesel
Operator Milwaukee Transport Services, Inc.
Website Milwaukee County Transit System

The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) is the largest transit agency in Wisconsin, and is the primary transit provider for Milwaukee County. It ranks among the top 50 transit agencies in the United States for total passenger trips.[2] The Milwaukee Transport Services, Inc. is a quasi-governmental agency responsible for the management and operation of the Milwaukee County Transit System.[3] The county-run agency was formed in 1975 (under the direction of the "newly" created Milwaukee Transport Services, Inc.) after taking over the assets of the Milwaukee & Suburban Transport Company, a private operator.

Bus fleet

MCTS bus 4413, a 2001 New Flyer D40LF

MCTS operates a fleet of over 400 New Flyer low floor buses. All buses are 40 feet (12 m) long.

Fleet numbers

Active

NumbersBuilderModelDelivered
Notes
4600-4639New FlyerD40LFApril 2002All Retired

4616, 4638 inactive.

4607, 4614, 4617, 4626, 4632, 4633 & 4639 were converted as fare collection buses for Summerfest & Wisconsin State Fair for 2 seasons (2014-2015).

4636 returned to service in July 2017 during Summerfest, was undergoing engine/transmission repairs and retired after that.

4700-4750New FlyerD40LFFeb. 20037 active as of Aug. 31, 2018

4718, 4735, 4740, 4742, 4744, 4746, 4750

Remaining buses have cameras on the sides.

4701, 4702, 4706, 4728 & 4743 returned to service on Wednesday, June 26 to Friday July 7, 2017 during Summerfest and retired after that.

Remaining to be retired by new buses in near future.

4733 was the last remaining 4700-series bus with the old MCTS color scheme.

4700, 4702, 4703, 4704, 4709, 4713, 4717, 4719, 4720, 4728, 4730, 4731, 4732, 4733, 4734, 4745, 4748 & 4749 Inactive

4800-4829New FlyerD40LFJanuary 200418 active as of Sept. 28, 2018

4801, 4803, 4804, 4806, 4808, 4810, 4813, 4817-4819, 4821-4825, 4827-4829 active

Buses have cameras on the outside.

4800, 4802, 4805, 4807, 4809, 4812, 4820, 4826 inactive

4811 in storage

To be retired by new buses in near future.

4811 is the only remaining 4800-series bus with the old MCTS color scheme

4900-4914New FlyerD40LFOctober 20044900-4906, 4908-4914 active

Officially "2005" as that is when they were paid for; a future purchase for 15 more buses (4915-4929) were canceled due to cuts.

A few to be retired by new buses in near future.

4907 Inactive

5000-5008New FlyerD40LFJanuary 20065000-5007 active

A future purchase for 23 buses (5009-5031) were canceled due to cuts.

5100-5189New FlyerD40LFRAugust 2010All active

First buses to feature near-zero emissions

5200-5234New FlyerD40LFRApril 20115200-5218, 5220-5234 active

5219 totaled in a crash on May 15, 2018

All have cameras on the sides and back of the bus.

5300-5354New FlyerD40LFRMarch 2012All active

All have cameras.

5400-5454New FlyerXD40July 2013All active

Clean air buses; First fleet in MCTS' history to feature rear destination signs on the back of the bus.

All have cameras on the sides and back of the bus.

5500-5534New FlyerXD40January 2014All active

Clean air buses

5600-5627New FlyerXD40October 2015All active

Clean air buses with new interior features, such as an automatically opening electronic smart door at the back of the bus.[4]

2 were canceled due to increased costs. NO 5628 & 5629.

5601 & 5603 used for demonstrations in September.

5601 was first new bus in service on Route 19 on Friday October 2, 2015.[5]

5700-5729New FlyerXD40August 2016All active

Feature cameras on the outside of the bus.

All in service as of Dec. 2, 2016.

5800-5814New FlyerXD40September 2017All active

5801 on display on Aug. 16, 2017 at the Newaukee Festival Market in Downtown Milwaukee

5814 in service as of November 11, 2017.

NO 5815, 5816.

5900-?TBDTBDTBDNo new contract awarded at this time.

Bus routes

Most of the year, MCTS operates more than 58 bus routes covering about 90% of Milwaukee County and parts of Waukesha County, Ozaukee County, and Washington County. In addition, special routes are run for certain festivals, sports games, and other special events.

Frequencies are approximate. Data from September 2018.

№ Name First stop Last stop Frequency
Peak Midday Evening Saturday Sunday
Blue National at 69th Park Place at Liberty 25 25 35-60 33 40
Gold Maryland at Hartford Brookfield Square 15 15 30 20 25
Green Bayshore Airport 15 15 20-30 18 25
Purple Baker at Camden IKEA 24 30 30 32 32
Red UWM Kenwood at Prospect Pick 'n Save at 127th 12 13 15-20 15 15
6 New Berlin Industrial Park Express Buy Seasons Port Washington at Capitol 120-150 two trips seven trips seven trips
12 Teutonia - Hampton 5th at Intermodal Green Bay at Schroeder 12 24 13 26 20 40 20 40 20 40
92th at Glendale 24 26 40 40 40
14 Humboldt – Forest Home Bayshore 74th at Holmes 20 20 30 20 30
15 Holton - Kinnickinnic Bayshore Chicago at Drexel 20 20 30 30 35
17 Canal Street 1st at Mitchell Roundhouse at Canal 45 45 45 45
19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. – S. 13th & S. 20th 35th at Silver Spring 13th at Zellman (via 13th) 15-20 35 15 30 30 60 20 40 23 46
13th at Zellman (via 20th) 35 30 60 40 46
21 North Avenue UWM Kenwood @ Stowell Mayfair 15 15 15-30 18 20
22 Center Street Kenwood at Stowell Center at 60th 16 18 30 23 22
23 Font du Lac - National National at 69th Granville at Calumet 24 24 35 34 40
27 27th Street Baker at Camden Walmart 24 30 35 32 32
28 108th Street Silver Spring at 107th Hales corners Park-Ride Lot 30 30 40 37-40 38
30/30X Sherman - Wisconsin Sherman at Florist UWM Maryland at Hartford 10-11 10-11 20 12-15 12-15
31 State Highland 9th at Wells Mayfair 21 42 24 48 30 60 22 44 22 44
Innovation Drive at Watertown Plank 42 48 60 44 44
33 Vilet - Juneau Prospect at State Vilet at 60th 30 30 25 25 25
35 35th Street 42nd at Silver Spring 35th at Loomis 18 21 30 20-25 19-30
40 Ryan/College Flyer College Avenue Park-Ride Lot 10th at Courthouse 10-20
40U Holt - College Avenue UBUS Kenwood at Maryland MATC - South Campus 20-30 50 50-60
42U 6th Street - Port Washington Road UBUS Wells at 6th MATC North 60-80 100
43 Hales Corners Flyer 10th at Courthouse/Wells Forest Home at 84th 10-30
44 National Flyer Wisconsin at Cass Lincoln at 102th 15-30
44U Fair Park - Hales Corners UBUS Hartford at Maryland Hales Corners Park-Ride Lot 20-30 30-40 30-35
46 Loomis - Southridge Flyer 10th at Courthouse/Wells Grange at Northway 15-20
48 South Shore Flyer 10th at Courthouse/Wells Ryan at Howell 20-30
49 Brown Deer - Bayshore Flyer 6th at Kilbourn Green Bay at Schroeder 10-30
49U Brown Deer UBUS Downer at Hampshire Brown Deer East Lot 30 55 50
50 Morgan Avenue Beloit at Morgan Kinnickinnic at Crawford two trips in each direction
51 Oklahoma Avenue Oklahoma at New York Oklahoma at 123rd 20-23 23 28 28 28
52 Clement - 15th Avenue Kinnickinnic at Mitchell Chicago at Drexel 42 40 85 40 40
53 Lincoln Avenue Bay at Conway Lincoln at 112th 22 30 48 30 40
54 Mitchell Burnham UMOS/Kinnickinnic at Mitchell National at 111th 33 32 33 35 35
55 Layton Avenue Warnimont Park Hales Corners Park-Ride Lot 40 38 35-60 35 35
56 Greenfield Avenue 1st at Mitchell Greenfield at 124th 30 28 35 35 35
57 Walnut - N. 92nd St. Paul at 5th 92nd at Grantosa 30 27 32-50 25 35
60 Burleigh Street Kenwood at Stowell 124th at Frederick 20 25 30 22 22
61 Appleton - Keefe 35th at Toronto Walmart 22 27 30 27 35
63 Silver Spring - Port Washington Silver Spring at Lovers Lane Port Washington at Glencoe 21 21 32 27 27
64 S. 60th Street Vilet at 60th Southridge 40 40 40 38 37
67 N. 76th - S. 84th Northridge Mall Road 87th at Layton (via 84th) 18 36 25 50 35 70 30 60 30 60
87th at Layton (via 92th) 36 50 70 60 60
76 N. 60th - S. 70th 96th at Brown Deer 74th at Holmes (via 68th) 15-20 30-40 25 50 25-30 50-60 20 40 25 50
74th at Holmes (via 76th) 30-40 50 50-60 40 50
79 Menomonee Falls River Wisconsin at Cass Pilgrim Road Park-Ride Lot four AM trips to Downtown and four PM trips back
80 6th Street 6th at Layton/Mitchell Int'l Airport/MATC South Campus/Centennial at Target 35th at Capitol 12-14 24-28 17 34 30 60 21-28 42-56 30 60
Villard at Appleton 24-28 34 60 42-56 60
85 Whitman - West Bluemound at 70th Center at 114th two AM trips nad foru PM trips
87 Nathan Hale East AR Nathan Hale Wollmer at National one trip in each direction
88 Cudahy around Cudahy Middle School three AM trips and two PM trips
89 St. Francis around St. Francis High School five AM trips and three PM trips
137 County Correctional Facility South 9th at Wells HCVS three trips in each direction
143 Ozaukee County Express Walnut at 6th Grafton/Port Washington Park-Ride Lot 12-30
219 Oak Creek Shuttle Zellman Court 6th at Drexel 20
223 Park Place - Bradley Woods Shuttle Granville Park at Liberty two AM trips to Granville, three AM trips to Park, five PM trips in each direction one trip to Granville and two to Park, both weekday only
276 Brown Deer Shuttle Brown Deer at Park Plaza Cherrywood 30 30 30 30

Fares

As of December 2016, the adult, regular, non-discounted bus fare on MCTS is $2.25. For those that have an M•Card, the fare per ride is $2. Fare for children 6-11, Seniors and other qualifying riders is $1.10 cash or paid with an M•Card (free to children below 6, up to 3 per fare-paying rider). A 24-hour pass costs $5 for adults if paid in cash, $4 if paid with value stored on an M-card. A 7-day pass is $19.50. A monthly pass since January 2017, is $72. A transfer valid for 90 minutes from time of issue may be posted to an M-card at the time the rider pays for fare when boarding the bus; round-trips or stopovers prohibited.[6]

In 2013, MCTS finalized plans for a transition from paper fare media (tickets, printed passes, and paper transfers) to a contactless smart card known as the M•CARD, with the project completion Leap Day 2016.[7] While exact fares will still be accepted in cash, the M•CARD allows passengers to add daily, weekly, and monthly passes, store a declining value, and receive transfers automatically.

M•CARD Timeline and Transition Milestones

September 29, 2014: M•CARD passes (1, 7 or 31 day) launched at select sales outlets.

October 13, 2014: M•CARD customers were able to purchase Stored Cash Value.

April 6, 2015: MCTS begins issuing a one-time $2 charge fee for NEW! M•CARD purchase.

August 5, 2015: M•CARD Online launched.

November 16, 2015: M•CARD customers could purchase a 1-Day Pass from the farebox.

Coming 2016: M•CARD Lite (a disposable limited use smartcard) will be available to social service agencies and non-profit organizations.

As of February 29, 2016, the distribution of paper transfers and outlets that sell paper fare media was discontinued. Transfers are only available electronically (even for cash paying passengers), marking the beginning of an all M•CARD fare structure.[8] Any remaining paper tickets were still accepted as fare through December 31, 2016.

The new fare system was funded predominantly by federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Other transit services

MCTS is a partner in the Southeast Wisconsin Transit System, a joint-venture transit partnership that also includes Waukesha Metro Transit and Wisconsin Coach Lines in Waukesha, Washington County Commuter Express operated by Riteway Bus Service in Richfield, Belle Urban System (THE BUS) in Racine and Kenosha Area Transit (KAT) in Kenosha.

Other projects

Regional Transit Authority

In 2010, a proposal to form a regional transit authority that would incorporate MCTS was made in the Wisconsin State Legislature. The move faced opposition from some lawmakers, and was vetoed by then Governor Doyle.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About Us > FAQs". Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS). 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  2. ↑ 2013 Public Transportation Fact Book (pdf). American Public Transportation Association. October 2013. p. 8. Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  3. ↑ {http://www.ridemcts.com/about-us/who-is-mcts-}
  4. ↑ riedmcts.com/about-us/news/new-mcts-buses-hitting-the-road
  5. ↑ ridemcts.com/about-us/news/new-mcts-buses-hitting-the-road
  6. ↑ "Transfers". Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS). 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  7. ↑ {http://www.ridemcts.com/about-us/news/mcts-announces-timeline-for-transition-away-from-paper-tickets-passes-and-transfers}
  8. ↑ "New Fare System". Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS). 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  9. ↑ Sandler, Larry; Stein, Jason (March 3, 2010). "Bill could have public paying again for buses". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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