Metro Ride

Metro Ride
ParentCity of Wausau
Headquarters420 Plumer Street[1]
LocaleWausau, Wisconsin
Service areaMarathon County
Service typeBus service, Paratransit
Routes17
HubsWausau Transit Center
Fleet22 Gillig transit coaches
Annual ridership
337,884 (2022)
WebsiteOfficial site

Metro Ride, formerly Wausau Area Transit System (WATS), provides public bus transportation in the Wausau, Wisconsin area.

Metro Ride operates 7 routes in the City of Wausau, which run at 30-minute intervals. The service also provides several express routes to supplement the main routes when school is in session.

Hours of operation are 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on weekdays, with no services on weekends. The main transfer facility is located in the downtown area and also serves intercity buses.[2][needs update]

Routes

All routes operate from the transit center.

Service to Rothschild, Schofield and Weston ended in 2015, along with weekend service. At the same time, fares were raised.[3]

Wausau Transit Center

The Wausau Transit Center is located at in downtown Wausau, across from the Marathon County Courthouse. The facility replaced a 1976 transit center located on an adjacent lot to the west of the current center.[4] The new facility was built in 2005 and has space for about ten buses.[5][6]

Ridership

Year Fixed Route Ridership Paratransit Ridership Total Ridership Change over previous year
2013 672,224 3,388 675,612 Increase6.47%
2014 654,078 3,303 657,381 Decrease2.7%
2015 577,044 2,504 579,548 Decrease11.84%
2016 529,831 3,021 532,852 Decrease8.06%
2017[7] 498,902 4,152 503,054 Decrease5.59%
2018[8] 503,359 3,841 507,200 Increase0.89%
2019[9] 468,555 4,120 472,675 Decrease6.81%
2020[10] 252,812 1,683 254,495 Decrease46.16%
2021[11] 284,378 3,050 287,428 Increase12.94%
2022[12] 337,884 3,273 341,157 Increase18.69%
2023[13] 359,363 2,937 362,300 Increase6.2%

2012-2016 data from 2018 Wausau Transit Development Plan.[3] 2017-2020 data from National Transit database.[14]

Year Service Hours Service Miles
2012 26,729 375,988
2013 29,372 411,843
2014 29,854 404,710
2015 27,028 375,626
2016 26,722 376,478
2017 27,324 377,052
2018 26,502 376,034
2019 26,407 376,816
2020 23,621 343,693
2021 27,017 381,209
2022 27,150 375,959

See also

References

  1. ^ City of Wausau Transit System
  2. ^ "Metro Ride Transit Development Plan May 2012" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b "Wausau Metro Area Transit Development Program May 2018" (PDF).
  4. ^ "38 years ago: Wausau bus service 'needs friends'".
  5. ^ "Metro Ride Transit Development Plan May 2012" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Wausau Area Transit System Transit Development Plan May 2006" (PDF).
  7. ^ "2017 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  8. ^ "2018 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  9. ^ "2019 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  10. ^ "2020 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  11. ^ "2021 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  12. ^ "2022 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  13. ^ "2023 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  14. ^ "City of Wausau, Wisconsin | FTA".

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