By Maria Corpus Apologies and free bus rides may have followed after the 72-hour work stoppage held by Milwaukee County bus drivers and mechanics. But a contract agreement is yet to be set … [Read more...]
Bus Stoppage Leads to Community Organization, Carpools
By Maria Corpus When reality hit that Milwaukee County drivers and mechanics would hold a 72-hour work stoppage, members at All Peoples Church – an Evangelical Lutheran congregation in … [Read more...]
New Bus Routes to Industrial Parks
Seniors and Persons with Disabilities Can Now Ride Bus for Free
By Tiffany Crouse The Milwaukee County Transit System is now offering unlimited free rides to seniors and persons with disabilities through a new transit card. Applications were first accepted and … [Read more...]
County Executive Abele Unveils New Transit Website
MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele has unveiled a new website to update the community on the Milwaukee County transit system and what you need to know. The Milwaukee Courier got an … [Read more...]
Press Conference and bus tour August 15 to launch new bus routes to the suburbs
Milwaukee Innercity Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) and the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin (BHCW) will sponsor a press event and bus tour on Friday, August 15th at 10:00 to launch two of … [Read more...]
$13.5 million transportation victory for Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope
Milwaukee, WI, May 21, 2014– In what is being seen as a landmark victory, Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin, Inc. (BHCW) and Milwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) have … [Read more...]
Some Supervisors are asking County Executive to issue a new Transit RFP
County Board Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic, Supervisors Michael Mayo, Sr., Anthony Staskunas and Theo Lipscomb said this week that it is “time for Milwaukee County to move forward on transit,” … [Read more...]
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Pawns in the public transit chess game
In the game of chess, the pawn is the piece of lowest value. And while there are more pawns in the game than any other game piece, in most circumstances it also is the weakest. This is how many … [Read more...]
MCTS lawsuit holds up bus transportation process
By Cassandra Lans The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS), the current private provider for the Milwaukee County transit system has managed the system since 1975. Back in April of 2013 … [Read more...]