Appleton Transit Center
Appleton Transit Center | |
|---|---|
| Location | United States of America |
| Coordinates | 44°15′48″N 88°24′21″W / 44.2634°N 88.40571°WCoordinates: 44°15′48″N 88°24′21″W / 44.2634°N 88.40571°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Owned by | City of Appleton |
| Bus routes | 15 |
| Bus operators | |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Parking | 1 Adjacent parking ramp; 1 Adjacent parking lot |
| Bicycle facilities | Bike racks around station |
| Other information | |
| Station code | APP |
| History | |
| Opened | March 1, 1990 |
The Appleton Transit Center is a bus terminus in downtown Appleton, Wisconsin, located at 100 East Washington Street (on the corner of Washington Street and Oneida Street).
History[edit]
The transit centre had been hoped to have been completed by fall 1986.[1] The current standalone building was first proposed in April 1989 as a cheaper alternative to plans to rennovate and use an existing building.[2] The design included a convenience store, the attendant from which would be responsible for securing the building. This would reduce staffing costs for Valley Transit.[3]
Construction on the center by Valley Transit began on September 12, 1989, and service began on March 1, 1990. 80% of the construction cost was funded by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration.[4] It was the first transit center built in Appleton.
Facilities[edit]
It has climate-controlled waiting rooms, public washrooms, a payphone with free direct line telephones to Valley Transit, and vending machines. The north side of the building is the location of the Greyhound Lines office. Additional benches are outside, where there are designated bus boarding bays in a traffic-free transfer area. The entire grounds are non-smoking.
Service[edit]
The Appleton Transit Center is the center of the Valley Transit system, as most bus routes terminate there. The northwest corner of the property is the boarding place for Greyhound buses, travelling between Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The center also sees service from Lamers Bus Lines. Through ticketing is available from Amtrak; the Amtrak station code for the center is APP.
2019 shooting incident[edit]
On May 15, 2019, the Appleton Police and Fire Departments and Gold Cross Ambulance were called to the Transit Center shortly after 5:30 pm for a medical call. After initial treatment, the patient, identified as 47-year-old Ruben Houston, showed a handgun to the response team and began walking towards the Appleton Public Library before firing rounds from the gun, killing firefighter Mitchell F. Lundgaard and injuring a police officer and a bystander.[5][6]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Major delays seen for transit center". The Post-Crescent. 1985-09-11. p. 13. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ↑ "Cheaper to build new transit center". The Post-Crescent. 1989-04-26. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ↑ "New, smaller transit centre backed". The Post-Crescent. 1989-05-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ↑ "Bus transfer center is finally complete". The Post-Crescent. 1990-06-20. p. 51. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
- ↑ Karimi, Faith. "A firefighter is killed and an officer injured while responding to a medical call in Wisconsin". CNN. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
- ↑ "What we know about the Appleton shooting". Press Gazette Media. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
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