WMSE will broadcast special “Hip Hop Hooray” show live from The Hop on November 16 Matt Wild October 31, 2024 Back in October 2023, beloved Milwaukee radio station WMSE 91.7 did a live three-hour broadcast from beloved Milwaukee argument-starter The Hop. We hung out that day and helped out. It was fun! Now, WMSE i...
Hello. My name is The Hop. I recorded 49,573 rides in August 2024. Prepare to argue. Matt Wild September 26, 2024 Milwaukee's streetcar system, The Hop, recorded 49,573 rides in August 2024. That works out to an average of 1,599 rides per day. August 2024 ridership was up slightly from August 2023, when 47,552 rides were r...
Streetcar update: 63,383 trips in July; ridership down during RNC Matt Wild September 11, 2024 Milwaukee's streetcar system, The Hop, recorded 63,383 trips in July 2024. Streetcar System Manager Andrew Davis-Lockward revealed the number Wednesday morning at a meeting of the Public Works Committee. The...
We’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. More than 58,000 rides on The Hop in June 2024. We watched The Hop have its second-best month in four years. All those rides will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to argue. Matt Wild July 24, 2024 Milwaukee's streetcar system, The Hop, reported 58,441 rides in June 2024. The number represents The Hop's highest monthly ridership since July 2023 (65,749), and its second-highest monthly ridership since Dece...
The Hop introducing new ‘Festivals Line’ for Summerfest Press Release May 30, 2024 The Hop Introducing New ‘Festivals Line’ for Summerfest Combined route will operate until 1 a.m. and provide more frequent service to the Lakefront while eliminating the need for transfers Milwaukee – The Hop...
“Enhanced streetcar service” may alleviate traffic, parking during lakefront festivals Matt Wild May 8, 2024 Heavy downtown traffic and outrageous parking fees during major lakefront festivals got you down? There's a streetcar for that. And maybe some "enhanced" service to go along with it. On Wednesday, Milwaukee'...
We’re just gonna print the number of rides The Hop recorded in March (seriously, that’s it) and then let you fight about it, okay? Matt Wild April 16, 2024 40,162 Want more Milwaukee Record? Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter and/or support us on Patreon. RELATED ARTICLES • 18 pictures of people taking pictures of the opening of the streetcar’s Cou...
18 pictures of people taking pictures of the opening of the streetcar’s Couture Transit Concourse Matt Wild April 11, 2024 A long-in-the-works Milwaukee public transportation project officially opened on Thursday: the Couture Transit Concourse. Located in the street-level belly of the just-about-finished Couture luxury apartment to...
The Hop’s L-Line to fully open April 11 Press Release April 3, 2024 The Hop’s L-Line to Fully Open April 11 The streetcar’s first new extension to begin operating seven days per week and provide service to the lakefront via the new transit concourse inside the Couture Milwa...
Let’s argue about the streetcar’s 2024 ridership numbers Matt Wild March 14, 2024 When we last argued about the streetcar's ridership numbers, The Hop had delivered a total of 494,445 rides in 2023. As always, this made people extremely angry for some reason. "HOW MUCH MONEY DID IT MAKE ON F...
Let’s argue about the streetcar’s 2023 ridership numbers Matt Wild February 13, 2024 When we last argued about the streetcar's ridership numbers, The Hop had delivered 31,246 rides in September 2023, and 41,176 rides in October 2023. As always, this made people extremely angry. "HOW MUCH MONEY ...
A lot of people rode that darn streetcar during the big Harley/Bastille weekend Matt Wild July 25, 2023 Despite the ire of Republicans in the state legislature and the withering opinions of dudes on Facebook who list "School of Hard Knocks" as their education, a whole lot of folks rode the Milwaukee streetcar a f...
Show your love for the streetcar, beer, at inaugural “Hops and Stops” pub crawl April 4 Matt Wild March 5, 2020 The awesomeness of the Milwaukee streetcar—a.k.a. The Hop—and the awesomeness of beer: two things all Milwaukeeans can agree on! (Right?) So wouldn't it be nice if those two things could be combined into one ev...
Here are the November ridership numbers for The Hop, and that’s it Matt Wild December 12, 2019 A total of 52,998 people rode the Milwaukee streetcar, The Hop, in November 2019. That's an average of 1,767 per day. The lightest day of traffic was, unsurprisingly, Thanksgiving, when only 645 people rode the...
Streetcar ridership continues to plummet to better-than-projected numbers Matt Wild November 6, 2019 Milwaukee's forever controversial streetcar system, The Hop, celebrated its first birthday last week. Happy birthday, The Hop! Even better, it was announced that Cleveland-based technology firm Everstream would...
Streetcar ridership down again, suggesting weather and festival season might have something to do with it Matt Wild October 11, 2019 It's that time of the month, Milwaukee: the time when ridership numbers for the city's forever-controversial streetcar system, The Hop, are released, analyzed, and argued about. And you better buckle up for thi...
Streetcar ridership down from record-breaking July, so let’s just scrap the whole thing Matt Wild September 11, 2019 It's that time of the month, Milwaukee: the time when ridership numbers for the city's forever-controversial streetcar system, The Hop, are released, analyzed, and argued about. And you better buckle up for thi...
The Hop logged more than 100,000 rides in July, but let’s complain about it anyway Matt Wild August 12, 2019 It's that time of the month, Milwaukee: the time when ridership numbers for the city's still-controversial streetcar system, The Hop, are released, analyzed, and argued about. And, continuing a trend that start...
Here’s shocking video proof that the streetcar can run in snow Matt Wild January 28, 2019 We're almost three months into the life of The Hop, Milwaukee's long-in-the-works and forever-contentious downtown streetcar. And guess what? Things are going well! People are riding the thing, extensions are i...
A lot of people are riding The Hop, but let’s figure out how to complain about it anyway Matt Wild January 15, 2019 The Hop, you may have heard, is doing pretty well. An average of 2,297 people rode the thing in November, the same month the 2.1-mile streetcar system launched with a "Grand Hop-ening." Now, The Hop has release...
