Madison Metro

Madison Metro

Slogan	Lots of ways to go.
Parent	City of Madison
Headquarters	1245 E. Washington Ave.
Locale	Madison, Wisconsin
Service area	72 square miles
Service type	Bus service, Paratransit
Stops	2,062 bus stops
Destinations	Town of Madison, Fitchburg, Maple Bluff, Middleton, Shorewood Hills, Verona McFarland (future), Stoughton (future)
Hubs	Capitol Square West Transfer Point East Transfer Point North Transfer Point South Transfer Point Middleton Transfer Point.
Fleet	209 fixed-route buses, 20 paratransit vehicles
Daily ridership	58,700 trips
Fuel type	Low Sulfur diesel
Operator	City of Madison
Web site	Madison Transit

Madison Metro Transit operates extensive bus service throughout the city of Madison, Wisconsin and to the surrounding communities of Middleton, Fitchburg, and Verona. Systemwide, fixed route ridership was 13.4 million in 2008.^[1] Metro Transit also provides supplemental transit services to Madison middle and high schools via routes 90, 91, 92 and 93, open to the general public, but designed to provide additional peak services during school starting and dismissal times. Metro serves the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, the Eagle Heights University apartments, and some residential areas near campus via routes 80, 81, 82, 84 and 85. The "80 routes" are free of charge and also operate as the university's "SafeRide" late night service.

Metro also connects with suburban mass transit services such as the Monona Transit Authority and Portage Public Transit.

1 Route network
2 Bus fleet
3 Service to suburban communities
4 References
5 External links

Route network

The route network focuses on hubs at the Capitol Square in downtown Madison and five transfer points in outer parts of the city. Routes are loosely numbered by part of town served. Primary routes (2, 3/7, 4, 5, 6, and 13) each serve multiple parts of the city, including downtown and the Capitol Square. Routes numbered in the 20s serve the north side, routes in the 30s serve the east side, 40s serve the south side, 50s and 60s serve the west side, and 70s serve Middleton and the far west side. Many routes service the Downtown State Street area. Dane County Regional Airport is served by Route 20. The most recent service additions went into effect August 2011 and can be found by going to Metro's website. Significant improvements include reintroduction of Route 10 from the Isthmus to the University of Wisconsin, bypassing the Square, and a new Route 59 in Fitchburg on weekends serving the Highway PD corridor and north to and from the West Transfer Point. At the North Transfer Point riders can board the Portage Public transit shuttle to downtown Portage in Columbia County.

Full Route List

Regular Routes

1 Capitol Sq to Old University Ave
2 West Transfer Pt to North Transfer Pt
3 West Transfer Pt to East Transfer Pt
4 South Transfer Pt to North Transfer Pt
5 South Transfer Pt to East Transfer Pt
6 West Transfer Pt to East Towne Mall
9 East Transfer Pt to UW Hospital
10 Schenk-Atwood to UW
11 West Transfer Pt to Dutch Mill Park & Ride via UW
12 West Transfer Pt to Dutch Mill Park & Ride via Capitol Sq
13 South Transfer Pt to UW
14 Wexford Ridge to Richmond Hill
15 Junction Ridge to Richmond Hill
16 Southdale to East Transfer Pt
17 North Transfer Pt to East Transfer Pt
18 West Transfer Pt to South Transfer Pt
19 Chalet Gardens to Capitol Sq
20 North Transfer Pt to East Towne Mall
21 North Transfer Pt to Lakeview
22 North Transfer Pt to Mendota
25 Capitol Sq to American Center
26 East Towne Mall to American Center
27 North Transfer Pt to UW
28 Johnson-Gorham to West Transfer Pt
29 School Rd to UW
30 East Transfer Pt to East Towne Mall
32 East Transfer Pt to Acewood-Thompson
33 East Transfer Pt to Hiestand
36 East Towne Mall to City View
37 Sheboygan Ave to Pflaum Rd
38 Pflaum Rd to Whitney Way via UW
39 East Transfer Pt to Richmond Hill
40 South Transfer Pt to Arbor Hills
44 Fitchburg to UW
47 Arbor Hills to Capitol Sq
48 UW Hospital to Fitchburg
50 West Transfer Pt to Schroeder-Raymond
51 West Transfer Pt to Muir Field
52 Fitchburg to West Transfer Pt
55 West Transfer Pt to Verona
56 McKee Rd to North Transfer Pt
57 McKee Rd to West Transfer Pt
58 Greentree to Capitol Sq
67 West Transfer Pt to West Towne Mall
68 West Transfer Pt to Prairie Town Centre
70 Capitol Sq to Middleton Transfer Pt
71 Capitol Sq to Middleton Transfer Pt via Mendota
72 Capitol Sq to Middleton Transfer Pt via Century Ave
73 West Transfer Pt to Middleton Transfer Pt
74 Capitol Sq to Middleton Transfer Pt via Downtown Middleton (limited stops)

Weekend Only Routes

7 West Transfer Pt to East Transfer Pt
8 Capitol Sq to Spring Harbor
59 West Transfer Pt to Fitchburg
63 West Transfer Pt to Prairie Town Centre
78 West Transfer Pt to Middleton

University of Wisconsin Campus Shuttles

80 UW Campus Route
81 UW to Tripp-Johnson (overnight service)
82 UW to Breeze-Broom (overnight service)
84 UW–Eagle Heights Express
85 UW–South Park Circulator

MMSD School Service

90 Near West (West District)
91 North East (East District)
92 Far West (Memorial District)
93 South East (La Follette District)

Bus fleet

511-556 Orion V
557-593 Gillig Phantom
800-875 New Flyer
876-930 Gillig Advantage
001-019 Gillig/GM/Allison (Gillig BRT) Hybrid Electric^[2]

Service to suburban communities

Town of Madison (routes 4, 11, 13, 18, 40, 44, 47, and 48)
Fitchburg (routes 40, 44, 47, 48, 52 and 59)
Maple Bluff (routes 2, 28, 91M and 91L)
Middleton (routes 70, 71, 72, 73, and 74)
Shorewood Hills (routes 2, 11, 12, 15, 28, 37, 38, 56, 57, 70, 71, 72, 74 and 90E)
Verona (route 55)
Blooming Grove (routes 17, 34 and 39)
Monona (route 16)+
Future service to McFarland and Stoughton
Connection to Portage Public Transit via North Transfer Point

+Limited stops along Monona Ave and Pflaum Road. Area also served by Monona Transit Authority.