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  4. Service Increase Details

Service Increase Details

The following updates were made to service on Sunday, August 23, 2020. Links to updated routes and service change notes are below.
 

Route   Service Type              Service Details
2 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service all day, every day – trips alternating via Sherman and Fordem
4 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service until 6:30 p.m. on weekdays. Hourly in evenings and on weekends
5 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service until 6:30 p.m. on weekdays. Hourly in evenings and on weekends
6 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service all day, every day – trips alternating via Hayes or Madison College, and Mineral Point or Tokay
7 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service all day, every day – all trips via Monroe  (no trips via Tokay – see Route 6)
8 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service until 5:30/ 6 p.m. on weekdays. Hourly in evenings and on weekends
10 Weekday Frequent service until 6:30 p.m. on weekdays – trips alternating every half hour via Jenifer or Johnson, and UW Hospital or Campus Drive
11 Weekday Hourly during peak periods
12 Weekday Hourly during peak periods
13 Weekday, Weekend Hourly service all day, every day
15 Weekday All day service on weekdays – trips only operate between Randolph and East Transfer Point via High Point and via Old Middleton (no stops via Junction or Sheboygan). Half hour service during peak periods. Hourly midday and evenings
16 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service until 6:30 p.m. on weekdays. Hourly in evenings and on weekends
17 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service all day, every day
18 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service all day, every day – trips alternating hourly via Midvale or Hammersley, and hourly via Coho evenings and weekends only (see Route 40 during weekdays)
20 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service all day, every day – all trips via Airport (no stops via Shopko – see Routes 6 or 17)
21 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service until 6:30 p.m. on weekdays. Hourly in evenings and on weekends
22 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service until 6:30 p.m. on weekdays. Hourly in evenings and on weekends
23 Weekday No change
26 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service all day, every day
27 Weekday Half hour service during peak periods
30 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service all day, every day – trips alternating hourly via Nakoosa or Swanton
31 Weekday, Weekend Hourly service all day, every day – all trips operate via Dutch Mill
32 Weekday, Weekend Hourly service all day, every day – all trips operate clockwise
33 Weekday Altered routing now serves Sprecher Rd. instead of Wyalusing. All routes run clockwise. Half hour service during peak periods
36 Weekday, Weekend Hourly service all day, every day
39 Weekday Hourly service from 6:45 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. – all trips via Dempsey
40 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service until 6:30 p.m. on weekdays – trips alternating hourly via Grandview or Greenway. Hourly in evenings and on weekends, via Grandview only
44 Weekday No change
48 Weekday No change
49 Weekday No change
50 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service all day on weekdays. Hourly on weekends
51 Weekday, Weekend Hourly service all day, every day
52 Weekday Hourly service all day on weekdays only (see Route 59 during weekends)
55 Weekday No change
59 Weekend  Hourly service all day on weekends only (see Routes 49, 52 or 75 during weekdays)
63 Weekend Hourly service weekends only (see Routes 55, 67 or 73 on weekdays)
67 Weekday, Weekend Half hour service all day, every day
68 Weekend Hourly service weekends only (see Routes 2, 15 or 73 on weekdays)
70 Weekday Hourly service all day on weekdays only
72 Weekday No change.
73 Weekday Hourly service weekdays only
75 Weekday No change
78 Weekend Hourly service weekends only
80 - 84 Standard & Recess  Redesigned service on UW campus.

Suspended Routes

The following routes remain suspended. 
 

Continue to be Suspended Alternative Route            
1 Routes 2, 5 or 10
3 Routes 7, 16 or 31
14 Routes 2, 5, 6, 8, 10 15 or 67
19 Routes 5, 6, 7, 10 or 18
25 Routes 6 or 23
28 Route 2,10, 27, 44 or 80
29 Routes 2, 6, 21 or 22
34 Routes 6 or 20
35 Routes 32 or 33
37 Routes 2, 6, 7, 10, 16, 31 or 48
38 Routes 2, 7, 10, 16, 27, 31, 44 or 80
47 Routes 4, 5, 40 or 49
56 Routes 2, 6, 8, 10, 15, 18, 50 or 51
57 Routes 2, 6, 8, 10, 15, 18, 50 or 51
58 Routes 7, 50 or 51
71 Routes 2, 8 10, or 15


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  • Routes 4 & 13
    Mills St. closed between University Ave. and Johnson St.
  • Routes 27 & 44
    Mills St. closed between University Ave. and Johnson St.

Current Stop Closures

  • Stop #1593 Closed
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