The MCTS system will have to make a difficult choice between service frequency and coverage.
The Milwaukee County Transit System announced plans to reduce service by 25% to stabilize its finances so it can sustain itself for the next three years without additional funding.
As Graham Kilmer explains in Urban Milwaukee, "During those three years, the system will finish and implement a generational redesign of the bus network and carry out a campaign 'trying aggressively to find dedicated funding,'" said MCTS President and CEO Steve Fuentes.
The agency plans to make "drastic" changes to its bus system one way or another due to a budget gap of $9.3 million, Kilmer adds. "Under existing budget conditions, the system cannot have both high-ridership, high-frequency service and extensive geographic coverage, Ricky Angueira, a principal associate from JWA helping MCTS with the redesign, said." Ultimately, MCTS has to decide between coverage and frequency — a question Fuentes says will be decided over the next few months.
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