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Here are the MCTS routes that are being cut or changed in 2023

November 22, 2022

In a preview of the tough times ahead for Milwaukee County, Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) recently announced a number of service changes included in the County's 2023 budget. Per MCTS, those service ch...

Two weeks after dropping bus mask requirement, MCTS reinstates bus mask requirement

Matt Wild

October 14, 2022

Beginning today, masks are required on all Milwaukee County Transit System buses. Again. The news comes two weeks after MCTS dropped its previous mask requirement. And yeah, let's be honest, no one had been fol...

No more mask requirement for MCTS buses (UPDATE: Oops, masks are required again)

Matt Wild

April 19, 2022

UPDATE: Never mind. Masks are required again. MCTS released this statement at 5 p.m. on Tuesday: The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) will continue to require riders to wear masks on County buses. The de...

MCTS buses will return to full capacity beginning July 1 (masks still required, though)

Matt Wild

June 29, 2021

Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) buses will return to full passenger capacity beginning Thursday, July 1. Per federal regulations, both passengers and drivers must continue wearing masks while on board, e...

Sorry, there won’t be special buses to Summerfest, State Fair, other fests this summer

Matt Wild

June 15, 2021

The Great Milwaukee Summer ™ may be back on (well, mostly), but the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) won't be a part of it. Well, mostly.For the first time in decades, MCTS will not be offering...

The night an MCTS driver saved my life (maybe)

Emily Johnson

January 13, 2021

The other day I was video chatting with my mom about, of all things, the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS). If you read my Pulitzer-winning piece about cheese-filled burgers and depression, you might remem...

Are MCTS buses being used as National Guard transports?

Matt Wild

June 5, 2020

Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) announced on Thursday that it would "temporarily suspend all bus service in the overnight hours (approximately 10 p.m. to 3:00 a.m.) on June 4, June 5, June 6, and June 7....

Former MCTS spokesman Mr. Sulu loved public transit so much he wouldn’t appear in the ‘Simpsons’ monorail episode

Matt Wild

March 31, 2020

If there's one thing we all know about actor George Takei, it's that he played Mr. Sulu on the original Star Trek. If there's one thing we all may not know about George Takei, it's that he was a former spokesma...

MCTS buses will be free beginning March 28

Matt Wild

March 26, 2020

Earlier this week, we told you about a plan to waive all fares for Milwaukee County Transit System buses in order to protect drivers and riders during the continued COVID-19 crisis. Today, that plan has been en...

MCTS buses may be free for 3 weeks to protect drivers, passengers during COVID-19 crisis

Matt Wild

March 24, 2020

In case you missed it, Milwaukee County Transit System has reduced its weekday bus service in response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. This in addition to asking folks to limit any "non-essential bus travel." N...

MCTS will reduce the amount of bus service on weekdays

Matt Wild

March 20, 2020

UPDATE: According to Urban Milwaukee, a bus driver has tested positive for COVID-19.Earlier this week, Milwaukee County Transit System asked folks to limit any "non-essential bus travel." Today, MCTS is tak...

MCTS would like you to limit any “non-essential bus travel,” please

Matt Wild

March 16, 2020

Isn't it strange when a bus company strongly suggests that folks refrain from riding the bus? Well, we live in strange times, folks. Monday afternoon, deep in a never-ending avalanche of COVID-19 closings, Milw...

Stop whatever you’re doing and watch this video of corgis dressed as MCTS buses

Tyler Maas

October 21, 2019

When Milwaukee County Transit System isn't busy getting a vast portion of the city from point A to point B or telling the public about the most recent act of legitimate heroism by one of its amazing drivers, MC...

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