Join us as we meet for June 2016. We have a range of issues to discuss, including outreach work around bus rapid transit, coalition work around building community support for the MICAH/Black Health Coalition routes and an exciting fundraiser coming up. Agenda will be forthcoming What: Monthly membership meeting for the Milwaukee Transit Riders Union. […]
Continue reading...The Wauwatosa City Council approved the Wauwatosa segment of the bus rapid transit line between Downtown Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center and Milwaukee County Research Park by a 10-5 vote at its meeting Tuesday. The approval by Wauwatosa brings the bus rapid transit project one step closer to being constructed. The bus rapid […]
Continue reading...Join us as we meet for June 2016. We have a range of issues to discuss, including outreach work, Milwaukee County bus rapid transit and group updates. Agenda What: Monthly membership meeting for the Milwaukee Transit Riders Union. Members, transit advocates and the general public are all invited to attend. When: Saturday June 4, 2016 at 10:00am. […]
Continue reading...Milwaukee is one step closer to having its first Bus Rapid Transit line after officials decided on the western half of the route. Minor changes could still be made to the location of the routes and stops, but the western segment of the route is set for the most part. Originally there were three alternatives; […]
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Flyer Milwaukee County is studying a new East-West Bus Rapid Transit line, or BRT, in the region’s busiest, most congested corridor, connecting the region’s top job centers: Downtown Milwaukee and Lakefront, Near West Side, and the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center in Wauwatosa, and all the neighborhoods in between. East-West BRT would connect with local buses, […]
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The City of Milwaukee will have to foot the bill for moving utility lines along the initial route of the Milwaukee streetcar under a decision issued by Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge William Sosnay last Thursday. The decision was the result of a court case brought by the city to challenge a decision from the state Public […]
Continue reading...What: Monthly membership meeting for the Milwaukee Transit Riders Union. Members, transit advocates and the general public are all invited to attend. When: Saturday January 2, 2016 at 10:00am. Where: Milwaukee Environmental Consortium 1845 N. Farwell Av. Suite #100 (Farwell/Kane) Milwaukee, WI 53202-1715 Bus routes: 30, 30X, GoldLine, GreenLine. Join us as we work together to improve transit service […]
Continue reading...The Milwaukee Transit Riders Union will hold its September 2015 meeting on Saturday September 5, 2015 at 10:00am. The meeting will be held at Milwaukee Environmental Consortium 1845 N. Farwell Av. Suite #100 Milwaukee, WI 53202-1715 Bus routes: 30, 30X, GoldLine and GreenLine. Meeting Agenda
Continue reading...Come to our August 2015 monthly meeting! We will have several issues to discuss, including the effects of the state budget on transit, a major victory in the fight against freeway expansion and upcoming events. Saturday August 1, 2015 at 10:00am 1845 N. Farwell Av. #100 Bus routes: 30, 30X, GOLD & GREEN.
Continue reading...A meeting today between the Milwaukee County Transit System and Amalgamated Transit Union Local 998 to come up with a last-ditch compromise Tuesday was unsuccessful. A transit strike will now happen in Milwaukee. What bus riders should know MCTS and ATU Local 998 have both confirmed that buses will operate until 3:00am Wednesday morning. Drivers […]
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