Tag: Streetcar

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?

April 16, 2024

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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 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 ...

Here are some recent streetcar ridership numbers to argue about

Matt Wild

December 14, 2023

Back in October we informed you that "47,552 people rode that darn streetcar in August 2023." This made people who always get angry about The Hop extremely angry. "HOW MUCH MONEY DID IT MAKE ON FARES?" bellowed...

47,552 people rode that darn streetcar in August 2023

Matt Wild

October 9, 2023

A total of 47,552 people rode that darn streetcar—a.k.a. The Hop—in August 2023. The works out to a daily ridership of about 1,534. August 2023 ridership was down from July 2023 (65,749) and June 2023 (50,29...

People continue to ride The Hop, but let’s figure out how to complain about it anyway (again)

Matt Wild

July 19, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed (formerly Off The Record, which is now the name of our print-only Colectivo publication) looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout th...

Streetcar ridership doing just fine, eventual fare still up in air

Matt Wild

June 5, 2019

The Milwaukee streetcar—a.k.a. The Hop—launched in November 2018. Seems like a million years ago, doesn't it? Since the service's "Grand Hop-ening," there's been no shortage of drama: lawsuits, angry press rele...

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