Riders will continue to enjoy high frequency service.

BlueLine (Fond du Lac Avenue) – The BlueLine will be shortened to end at Marquette University (16th Street & Wisconsin Avenue) instead of the downtown Intermodal Station.

Both routes will serve stations on the CONNECT 1 BRT line. New Route 24 (Forest Home Avenue) will primarily serve Forest Home Avenue between Southridge and the MCTS Administration Building on 17th & Fond du Lac. New Route 14 (Humboldt Blvd) will primarily serve Humboldt Boulevard between Bayshore and downtown.

Route 14 (Forest Home – Humboldt) – Route 14 will be modified into two separate routes to improve reliability and on time performance.

The GoldLine name itself will be retired. Finally, GoldLine service from the MRMC to Brookfield Square will be replaced with an extension of Waukesha Metro Route 1 (Brookfield – Waukesha). In addition, Route 30 (Sherman – Wisconsin) will replace GoldLine service from downtown to UWM.

GoldLine – The CONNECT 1 BRT will replace GoldLine (Wisconsin Avenue) service along Wisconsin Avenue and Bluemound Road between downtown and the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (MRMC).

The start of CONNECT 1 BRT also presents an opportunity to improve the reliability of service on adjacent routes and make them easier to understand: Saturday, March 18 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. at MCTS Administration Building located at 1942 N 17th St, Milwaukee, WI 53205 (click here to register).

at Mitchell Street Library located at 906 W Historic Mitchell St, Milwaukee, WI 53204 (click here to register) Thursday, March 9, Virtual Meeting 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.Riders have three meetings to choose from: One virtual lunch hour meeting and two in-person meetings in March.

Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions related to navigating these new services. Transit planners plan to explain adjustments to other routes in the MCTS system that will intersect with the CONNECT 1 BRT. Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) invites riders to attend community education meetings in March to learn more about the new CONNECT 1 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line which starts service June 4.

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