

That email was in relation to Summerfest.

“Despite nearly non-stop hiring and training of new bus operators in the past 12 months, our bus operator count has declined to a five-year low we went from 772 to 714,” MCTS Managing Director Dan Boehm wrote in an email addressed to the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, and obtained by Urban Milwaukee. So what gives? NOT ENOUGH DRIVERS, says MCTS. Not that we’d know anything about that, of course. You can also utilize festival shuttles offered by local bars and restaurants. You’ll just have to take the regular buses-many of which get you pretty darn close to the festival grounds-instead. Gone are the MCTS shuttles and Freeway Flyers for whatever lakefront cultural fests are still happening (Irish Fest and Mexican Fiesta). Gone are the MCTS shuttles and Freeway Flyers for the State Fair.

Gone are the MCTS shuttles and Freeway Flyers for Summerfest. Well, mostly.įor the first time in decades, MCTS will not be offering special bus services to and from Summerfest, the Wisconsin State Fair, or other lakefront cultural festivals. The Great Milwaukee Summer ™ may be back on (well, mostly), but the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) won’t be a part of it.
