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List of Milwaukee County Transit System bus routes

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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]

  1. "Routes & Schedules". Milwaukee County Transit System. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  2. "Route 57's 'JobLines' Extension into Waukesha County Ends August 24". www.ridemcts.com. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  3. "Library | North-South Transit Enhancement Study". MKE NS Transit. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  4. "MCTS NEXT". www.ridemcts.com. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  5. "Latest Updates". www.ridemcts.com. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. "Ride MCTS | About MCTS | News". www.ridemcts.com. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
  7. "MCTS NEXT Recommended System Map". www.ridemcts.com. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  8. Kilmer, Graham. "Transportation: Bus System Overhaul Beginning in March". Urban Milwaukee. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  9. "Ride MCTS | Programs | MCTS NEXT". www.ridemcts.com. Retrieved 2021-01-30.

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