Metro Transit may use added revenue to increase service

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

From an article by Dean Mosiman in the Wisconsin State Journal:

After Madison increased bus fares 50 cents to $2 last month, Metro Transit is now proposing to use some of that new revenue to boost service.

Metro wants to restore Route 10, which would link the Near East Side and UW Hospital and create 15-minute service between the UW-Madison campus and the hospital.

The proposal also includes increasing service on 10 other routes, including adding trips and cutting wait times at transfer points on Route 18 and adding a morning trip on Route 20.

Metro’s proposal would add nearly 30 hours of service a day at an annual cost of $390,000. If approved, the changes would take place in August.