List of Milwaukee County Transit System bus routes
This is a comprehensive list of Milwaukee County Transit System bus routes that are currently active.[1]
There will be many changes to these routes, along with new routes in 2021 from the MCTS NEXT project (see below). Current Routes 64 and 67 are the only two routes slated for total elimination and retirement of route number, though most of their service areas will be picked up by new routes.
Freeway Flyer routes 40, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 79, 137 and 143 will be suspended until further notice due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic. UBUS Routes 40U, 44U and 49U are back in service.
Currently discontinued bus routes to Waukesha County from a few years ago include: Route 6 - New Berlin Industrial Park Express (2014–2019), Route 61 - Appleton - Keefe (2015–2018, re-designated as Route 57 until 8/24/19) & Route 279 - Menomonee Falls Industrial Park Express (2014–2016). These routes made up the JobLines program, which stemmed from a lawsuit between the State of Wisconsin, the US Department of Transportation, the Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) and the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin (BHCW). The product of the lawsuit was a temporary settlement that would provide bus transportation to underrepresented communities in Milwaukee's inner-city. Funding eventually ran out for routes 6 and 279, and were subsequently eliminated. In response to funding running out for Route 61, Route 57 was reconfigured in 2019 to take over service on Keefe, Appleton and Silver Spring, and extended into Waukesha County until August 24, 2019. After this date, Route 57 no longer traveled into Waukesha County, with the Milwaukee County portion of the route remaining the same.[2] Route 6 ran from Port Washington Road & Capitol Drive, along Capitol Drive, Mayfair Road, Bluemound Road, and Moorland Road through the New Berlin Industrial Park roads to Buy Seasons Enterprises; this route along with Route 61 retired January 9, 2019. Route 61 traveled from 35th Street & Capitol Drive, along Sherman Blvd, Roosevelt Dr, Keefe Ave, Appleton Ave, Pilgrim Rd, Falls Parkway and County Line Road to the Germantown Walmart.
In the first three months of the COVID-19 pandemic, while there was a 10-passenger bus limit, the PurpleLine was the most used route in the entire MCTS network. As a result, MCTS increased the frequency on weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. During the daytime, buses come every 8–12 minutes on weekdays (peaking up to 15 buses on the route at a time), and every 11–16 minutes on Saturdays and Sundays.[3]
Route Number | Name | First Stop | Last Stop | Division |
---|---|---|---|---|
12 | Teutonia-Hampton | Downtown Intermodal Station | Hampton/124th
Brown Deer/Park Plaza-66th |
Fond du Lac |
14 | Humboldt-Forest Home | Southridge Mall (74th/Holmes) | Bayshore Town Center | Kinnickinnic |
15 | Holton-Kinnickinnic | Chicago/Drexel | Richards/Capitol | Kinnickinnic |
19 | Dr. MLK Drive-S. 13th | Zellman Court | Florist/Teutonia | Kinnickinnic |
20 | S. 20th Street | College-Walmart | 2nd/National | Kinnickinnic |
21 | North Avenue | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Weekdays Fall/Winter/Spring)
North/Water Tower (Summer Weekdays and all Weekends/Holidays) |
Mayfair Mall
Center/114th (1 bus in the morning, 1 bus in the afternoon on weekdays in Fall/Winter/Spring) |
Fond du Lac |
22 | Center-N. 92nd | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 92nd/Grantosa | Fond du Lac |
28 | 108th Street | Hales Corners Park & Ride | Lovers Lane/Silver Spring | Fond du Lac |
30 | Sherman-Wisconsin | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Sherman/Mill | Fond du Lac |
31 | State-Highland | Downtown Intermodal Station | Mayfair Mall
Innovation Drive (Limited Service) |
Fond du Lac |
33 | Vliet-84th | Prospect/State | National/79th | Kinnickinnic |
35 | 35th Street | Layton/60th | Teutonia/Good Hope (Weeknights, Saturday afternoons and Sundays/Holidays)
Teutonia/Good Hope via Aurora Health Center (Weekdays and Saturday mornings) |
Fond du Lac |
40 | College Avenue Flyer | 10th/Wells | College Northeast Park & Ride | Kinnickinnic |
40U | Holt-College UBUS | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Milwaukee Area Technical College South Campus | Kinnickinnic |
43 | Hales Corners Flyer | 10th/Wells | Hales Corners Park & Ride | Kinnickinic |
44 | State Fair Park Flyer | Wisconsin/Cass | 76th/Kearney | Fond du Lac |
44U | Fair Park-Hales Corners UBUS | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Hales Corners Park & Ride | Kinnickinnic |
46 | Loomis Flyer | 10th/Wells | Loomis Park & Ride | Kinnickinnic |
48 | South Shore Flyer | 10th/Wells | Chicago/Drexel | Kinnickinnic |
49 | Brown Deer-Bayshore Flyer | Kilbourn/6th | Bayshore Park & Ride
Brown Deer Rd East Park & Ride |
Fond du Lac |
49U | Brown Deer UBUS | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Brown Deer Rd East Park & Ride | Fond du Lac |
51 | Oklahoma Avenue | Oklahoma/Kinnickinnic (New York/Oklahoma) | Oklahoma/124th | Kinnickinnic |
52 | Clement-Pennsylvania | Chicago/Drexel | Herman/Kinnickinnic | Kinnickinnic |
53 | Lincoln Avenue | Lincoln/Howell-Kinnickinnic (Bay/Conway) | Lincoln/114th | Kinnickinnic |
54 | Mitchell-Burnham | United Migrant Opportunity Services via Kinnickinnic (Rosedale/Parking Lot) (Weekdays)
Kinnickinnic/Mitchell (Weeknights and Weekends/Holidays) |
National/112th | Kinnickinnic |
55 | Layton Avenue | Lake Drive/Warnimont Park
Lipton/Kinnickinnic |
Hales Corners Park & Ride (Layton/107th) | Kinnickinnic |
56 | Greenfield Avenue | 1st/Mitchell | Greenfield/121st
Industries for the Blind (Limited Service) |
Kinnickinnic |
57 | Walnut-Appleton | Downtown Intermodal Station | Lovers Lane/Silver Spring | Fond du Lac |
60 | Burleigh Street | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Weekdays Fall/Winter/Spring)
Humboldt/Locust (Summer Weekdays and all Weekends/Holidays) |
124th/Capitol via Mayfair Mall (Feerick/124th) | Fond du Lac |
63 | Silver Spring Drive | Lovers Lane/Silver Spring | Bayshore Town Center | Fond du Lac |
64 | S. 60th Street | Southridge Mall (Southeast Lot) | Vliet/60th | Kinnickinnic |
67 | N. 76th-S. 84th | Layton/Hawk (87th/84 South) | Northridge Lakes/76th | Fond du Lac |
68 | Port Washington Road | Fratney/Capitol | Brown Deer Rd East Park & Ride | Fond du Lac |
76 | N. 60th-S. 70th | Southridge Mall (74th/Holmes) | Brown Deer/96th | Fond du Lac |
79 | Menomonee Falls Flyer | Wisconsin/Cass | Pilgrim Rd Park & Ride | Fond du Lac |
80 | 6th Street | Villard/Appleton via Green Bay
Capitol/35th via Hopkins (35th/Toronto) |
Oak Creek via Airport & Milwaukee Area Technical College South Campus (Weekdays)
Milwaukee Area Technical College South Campus via Airport (Weekdays) Oak Creek via Airport (Weekends/Holidays) General Mitchell Int'l Airport |
Kinnickinnic |
81 | Amazon-Oak Creek | Fond du Lac/35th-Burleigh | Amazon MKE2 (Oak Creek) | Kinnickinnic |
137 | County Correctional Facility South | Wells/9th | House of Correction | Kinnickinnic |
143 | Ozaukee County Express | Walnut/5th-6th | Grafton Commons
Saukville Walmart |
Fond du Lac |
RR1 | Ronald Reagan High School - via Route 19 | Reagan High School | Silver Spring/35th | Kinnickinnic |
RR2 | Ronald Reagan High School - via PurpleLine | Reagan High School | Layton Blvd (S. 27th)/National | Kinnickinnic |
RR3 | Ronald Reagan High School - via BlueLine | Reagan High School | Fond du Lac/Congress | Kinnickinnic |
Brewers Line | American Family Field | Broadway/Ogden | American Family Field | Fond du Lac |
BlueLine | Fond du Lac-National | National/70th | Park Place/Liberty
Granville/Calumet |
Fond du Lac |
GoldLine | Wisconsin Avenue-UWM | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Brookfield Square | Fond du Lac |
GreenLine | Bayshore-Airport (via Oakland-Howell) | General Mitchell Int'l Airport | Bayshore Town Center | Kinnickinnic |
PurpleLine | 27th Street | Green Bay/Florist | Drexel-IKEA via S. 35th
College-Walmart (S. 27th only) Loomis/29th |
Kinnickinnic |
RedLine | Capitol Drive | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 128th/Capitol (127th St Pick 'N Save) | Fond du Lac |
MCTS NEXT Bus Routes[edit]
MCTS is looking to provide "faster service with more connections and increased accessibility".[4] This project, under the name "MCTS NEXT", seeks to implement more high-frequency bus routes, while potentially eliminating lower-frequency routes. This will likely result in an overhaul of the transit system, with major changes including increased service on popular thoroughfares, routes being renamed, and some corridors becoming void of transit service. The project received approval from Milwaukee County in late September 2020. System changes began to incrementally roll out in March 2021.[5][6]
These are the routes that are planned to start in 2021 from the MCTS NEXT project.[7] This will occur in three phases, with some routes receiving changes in March 2021, then the second phase in June 2021, and the third in August 2021.[8][9]
Phase 1 (March 7, 2021): Routes 15, 19, 20, 31, 33, 35, 51, 52, 63 and 68
Phase 2 (June 6, 2021): PurpleLine and Routes 11, 12, 14, 21, 34, 58, 80 and 88
Phase 3 (August 29, 2021): BlueLine, OrangeLine and Routes 22, 28, 54, 55, 56, 60, 66, 76 and 92
Route Number | Name | First Stop | Last Stop | Division | Changes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | Hampton Avenue | Green Bay/Hampton | Hampton/124th | Fond du Lac | Current Hampton Branch of Route 12 will become Route 11. |
12 | Teutonia Avenue | Downtown Intermodal Station | Teutonia/Good Hope
Service Rd/Schroeder |
Fond du Lac | Current Hampton Branch will become Route 11; service on Brown Deer Road will become Route 88. Route 12's service on Wisconsin Avenue between 6th Street and 12th Street will be shifted one block north to Wells. |
14 | Humboldt-Forest Home | Southridge Mall (74th/Holmes) | Bayshore Town Center | Kinnickinnic | No changes |
15 | Holton-Kinnickinnic | Chicago/Drexel | Richards/Capitol | Kinnickinnic | Route 15 will no longer serve Port Washington Road or Bayshore Town Center on the north end; this portion of the route will be replaced by Route 68. On the south end, it will no longer serve 5th Avenue; this portion of the route will be replaced by Route 52. This route will become high frequency. |
19 | Dr. MLK Drive-S. 13th | Zellman Court | Florist/Teutonia | Kinnickinnic | Current 20th Street Branch of Route 19 will become Route 20. The new Route 19 will not offer service on 2nd Street between Wisconsin and National. Instead of having service on 2nd Street as it does currently, it will serve 6th Street between Kilbourn and Lapham. |
20 | S. 20th Street | College-Walmart | 2nd/National | Kinnickinnic | New route created from 20th Street Branch of current Route 19. This will be a daytime-only route (service approximately 6am-8pm). |
21 | North Avenue | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Weekdays Fall/Winter/Spring)
North/Water Tower (Summer Weekdays and all Weekends/Holidays) |
Mayfair Mall | Fond du Lac | No changes |
22 | Center Street | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | North/124th | Fond du Lac | Service on 92nd Street north of Center will be replaced by Route 92. The new route 22 will travel on Center to 92nd, turn south on 92nd and continue to North Avenue where it will layover at 124th & North. The primary motivation for this change is to offer service to the Mayfair Mall area though the route will not operate into the mall itself (will stay on North Avenue) and to replace Route 28 service on North Avenue west of Mayfair Road. |
28 | 108th Street | Speedway Dr/Lovers Lane-Forest Home | Lovers Lane/Silver Spring | Fond du Lac | Route 28 will no longer travel on Mayfair Road between Hampton and Burleigh and west of Mayfair Road and 124th Street between North Avenue and Watertown Plank. The new Route 28 will serve 124th Street north of Burleigh and will remain on Mayfair Road for the entirely of the route south of Burleigh. Service on North Avenue between Mayfair Road and 124th Street will be replaced by Route 22. Will be reconfigured on the south end to offer service to the 108th Street/Lovers Lane and Forest Home/Janesville Road areas in Hales Corners. |
30 | Sherman-Wisconsin | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Sherman/Mill | Fond du Lac | No changes |
31 | State-Highland | Downtown Intermodal Station | Mayfair Mall
Innovation Drive (Limited Service) |
Fond du Lac | The Vliet-Mayfair branch of Route 31 will be eliminated, partially replaced by Route 33 from 60th/Vliet/Milwaukee to Wauwatosa/Harmonee. All buses will travel via the State Street branch, which will be reconfigured to still offer service to Mayfair Mall. The route will however stay on Watertown Plank and will not enter the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (service inside the MRMC still available on the GoldLine and current Route 67 via 92nd Street which will become Route 92) continuing to Mayfair Road where it will head to and terminate at Mayfair Mall. There will still be limited service into the Research Park area. Service on Wisconsin Avenue and 12th Street will be shifted to Highland and 6th Street. |
33 | Vliet-84th | Prospect/State | National/79th | Kinnickinnic | After Route 33's current layover at 60th/Vliet/Milwaukee, it will continue west on Milwaukee Avenue to Wauwatosa/Harmonee replacing part of the Vliet/Mayfair branch of Route 31 and south on Glenview/84th to replace part of the current Route 67's service on South 84th Street to National Avenue. |
34 | Hopkins-Congress | Clybourn/5th | 92nd/Grantosa | Fond du Lac | Route 34 will replace the Hopkins Branch of Route 80 and the Congress branch of the BlueLine. |
35 | 35th Street | Layton/60th | Teutonia/Good Hope (Weeknights, Saturday afternoons and Sundays/Holidays)
Teutonia/Good Hope via Aurora Health Center (Weekdays and Saturday mornings) |
Fond du Lac | Route 35 will become high frequency and extended to the south of 35th/Loomis/Howard via Loomis Road and Layton Avenue to 60th Street. |
40 | College Avenue Flyer | 10th/Wells | College Northeast Park & Ride | Kinnickinnic | No changes |
40U | Holt-College UBUS | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Milwaukee Area Technical College South Campus | Kinnickinnic | No changes |
43 | Hales Corners Flyer | 10th/Wells | Hales Corners Park & Ride | Kinnickinic | No changes |
44 | State Fair Park Flyer | Wisconsin/Cass | 76th/Kearney | Fond du Lac | No changes |
44U | Fair Park-Hales Corners UBUS | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Hales Corners Park & Ride | Kinnickinnic | No changes |
46 | Loomis Flyer | 10th/Wells | Loomis Park & Ride | Kinnickinnic | No changes |
48 | South Shore Flyer | 10th/Wells | Chicago/Drexel | Kinnickinnic | No changes |
49 | Brown Deer-Bayshore Flyer | Kilbourn/6th | Bayshore Park & Ride
Brown Deer Rd East Park & Ride |
Fond du Lac | No changes |
49U | Brown Deer UBUS | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Brown Deer Rd East Park & Ride | Fond du Lac | No changes |
51 | Oklahoma Avenue | Oklahoma/Kinnickinnic (New York/Oklahoma) | Oklahoma/124th | Kinnickinnic | Route 51 will become high frequency. |
52 | Clement-Pennsylvania | Chicago/Drexel | Herman/Kinnickinnic | Kinnickinnic | Route 52 will become a daytime-only route (service 6am-8pm) and reconfigured on the south end to offer service to Puetz Road in Oak Creek and replacing Route 15 service on 5th Avenue. The new route 52 will no longer serve Kinnickinnic Avenue between Herman/Pryor and Mitchell. |
53 | Lincoln Avenue | Lincoln/Howell-Kinnickinnic (Bay/Conway) | Lincoln/114th | Kinnickinnic | No changes |
54 | Mitchell-Burnham | Holt/1st | National/70th | Kinnickinnic | Route 54 will be extended to serve Chase Avenue to Holt. This route will be truncated at 70th/National where the BlueLine currently lays over. National Avenue service west of 84th Street will be replaced by new OrangeLine. |
55 | Layton Avenue | Lake Drive/Warnimont Park
Lipton/Kinnickinnic |
Hales Corners Park & Ride (Layton/107th) | Kinnickinnic | Route 55 will stay on Layton Avenue and will no longer serve Southridge Mall or 76th Street between Layton and Edgerton. |
56 | Greenfield-S. 43rd | 1st/Mitchell | Loomis/Howard | Kinnickinnic | Route 56 will be reconfigured to serve the popular Miller Park Way corridor in West Milwaukee; service on Greenfield Avenue west of 60th Street will be replaced by new OrangeLine. |
57 | Walnut-Appleton | Downtown Intermodal Station | Lovers Lane/Silver Spring | Fond du Lac | No changes |
58 | Villard Avenue | Green Bay/Hampton | Villard/Appleton | Fond du Lac | The former Villard Branch of Route 80. |
60 | 60th Street | Southridge Mall (74th/Holmes)
60th/Greenfield-National |
Brown Deer/Park Plaza-66th | Fond du Lac | Will replace current Route 76 service on North 60th Street and current Route 64 service on South 60th Street. |
63 | Silver Spring Drive | Lovers Lane/Silver Spring | Bayshore Town Center | Fond du Lac | The Port Washington Road portion of Route 63 will be replaced by new Route 68. |
66 | Burleigh Street | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Weekdays Fall/Winter/Spring)
Humboldt/Locust (Summer Weekdays and all Weekends/Holidays) |
Mayfair Mall | Fond du Lac | Route 60 will be renamed Route 66 so that the route that runs on 60th Street can be designated as Route 60; service on Burleigh/124th Street west of Mayfair Road will be replaced by the new Route 28. |
68 | Port Washington Road | Fratney/Capitol | Brown Deer Rd East Park & Ride | Fond du Lac | Route 68 will replace the Port Washington Road portion of Routes 15 and 63. This will be a daytime-only route (service 6am-8pm). |
76 | N. 60th-S. 70th | Southridge Mall (74th/Holmes) | Northridge Lakes/76th | Fond du Lac | Current Route 67 service on North 76th Street will be renamed Route 76. Current Route 76 service on North 60th Street will be replaced by the new Route 60 and Brown Deer Road service will be replaced by the new Route 88. The new Route 76 will cover portions of the south end of the current Route 76 from 68th & State to 70th & National and South 76th Street between National Avenue and Southridge Mall. Service from 70th & National to Southridge via South 68th Street and 68th & Bluemound to 76th & National via 76th Street will be eliminated. |
79 | Menomonee Falls Flyer | Wisconsin/Cass | Pilgrim Rd Park & Ride | Fond du Lac | No changes |
80 | 6th Street | Green Bay/Florist | Oak Creek via Airport & Milwaukee Area Technical College South Campus (Weekdays)
Oak Creek via Airport (Weekends/Holidays) General Mitchell Int'l Airport |
Kinnickinnic | The Hopkins branch of current Route 80 will become part of Route 34. The Villard Branch of current Route 80 will become Route 58. The new Route 80 will continue north on Green Bay to Florist replacing PurpleLine service north of Silver Spring. There will be more trips to Oak Creek. This route will become high frequency. |
81 | Amazon-Oak Creek | Fond du Lac/35th-Burleigh | Amazon MKE2 (Oak Creek) | Kinnickinnic | No changes |
88 | Brown Deer Road | 124th/Woodmans | Service Rd/Schroeder | Fond du Lac | Route 88 will replace the current Route 12 and Route 76 portions on Brown Deer Road. The new route 88 will be extended to 124th Street. |
92 | 92nd Street | Heather/107th | Layton/Hawk (87th/84 South)
Bluemound/104th |
Fond du Lac | Route 92 will replace BlueLine service on 91st Street and will be extended north to 107th/Heather. It will also replace Route 22 service on North 92nd Street as well as the South 92nd Street branch of current Route 67. |
137 | County Correctional Facility South | Wells/9th | House of Correction | Kinnickinnic | No changes |
143 | Ozaukee County Express | Walnut/5th-6th | Grafton Commons
Saukville Walmart |
Fond du Lac | No changes |
RR1 | Reagan High School - via Route 19 | Reagan High School | 35th/Silver Spring | Kinnickinnic | Will follow the new Route 19 routing via 6th Street between Lapham and Kilbourn and service via 20th Street north of Oklahoma replaced by Route 20. |
RR2 | Reagan High School - via PurpleLine | Reagan High School | Layton Blvd (S. 27th)/National | Kinnickinnic | No changes |
RR3 | Reagan High School - via BlueLine | Reagan High School | Congress/Fond du Lac | Kinnickinnic | No changes |
BlueLine | Fond du Lac | Clybourn/5th | Park Place/Liberty
Fond du Lac/Constance (Hampton) |
Fond du Lac | National Avenue service on the current BlueLine will be replaced by new OrangeLine. Some trips will offer service north of Park Place/Liberty to 124th Street. |
GoldLine | Wisconsin Avenue-UWM | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Brookfield Square | Fond du Lac | No changes |
GreenLine | Bayshore-Airport | General Mitchell Int'l Airport | Bayshore Town Center | Kinnickinnic | No changes |
OrangeLine | National-Greenfield | Kilbourn/Water | Greenfield/121st
Industries for the Blind (Limited Service) National/110th |
Kinnickinnic | National-Greenfield Branch: New route that will replace the current BlueLine's service on National Avenue and Route 56's service on Greenfield west of National/60th. Offers service to Industries for the Blind.
National Only Branch: Will replace Route 54's service on National Avenue west of 84th Street. |
PurpleLine | 27th Street | Drexel-IKEA via S. 35th
College-Walmart (S. 27th only) |
Bayshore Town Center | Kinnickinnic | The PurpleLine will now turn east on Silver Spring from Green Bay to Bayshore Town Center on the north end; service on Green Bay north of Silver Spring will be replaced by Route 80. |
RedLine | Capitol Drive | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | 128th/Capitol (127th St Pick 'N Save) | Fond du Lac | No changes |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Routes & Schedules". Milwaukee County Transit System. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ↑ "Route 57's 'JobLines' Extension into Waukesha County Ends August 24". www.ridemcts.com. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ↑ "Library | North-South Transit Enhancement Study". MKE NS Transit. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ↑ "MCTS NEXT". www.ridemcts.com. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
- ↑ "Latest Updates". www.ridemcts.com. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ "Ride MCTS | About MCTS | News". www.ridemcts.com. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ↑ "MCTS NEXT Recommended System Map". www.ridemcts.com. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
- ↑ Kilmer, Graham. "Transportation: Bus System Overhaul Beginning in March". Urban Milwaukee. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
- ↑ "Ride MCTS | Programs | MCTS NEXT". www.ridemcts.com. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
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