Metro Ride

Metro Ride provides public bus transportation for the Wausau, Wisconsin area.

Metro Ride
ParentCity of Wausau
Headquarters420 Plumer Street[1]
LocaleWausau, Wisconsin
Service typebus service, paratransit, express bus service
StationsMetro Ride Transit Center
555 Jefferson Street
Fleet22 Gillig Phantom transit coaches
Annual ridership254,495 (2020)
Website

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. Monday through Friday. Buses do not operate on Saturdays or Sundays. The main transfer facility is located in the downtown area, one block from the Marathon County Courthouse. The Wausau Transit Center at 555 Jefferson Street was upgraded and expanded in 2005.[2] This location also serves intercity buses.

  • Metro Ride was formerly known as "Wausau Area Transit System (WATS)" The name now exists in the tagline "Provided by Wausau Area Transit System"

Route list
  • A- Grand Ave/Health Center
  • B- North 1st Ave/NTC
  • C- Rothschild/Schofield (discontinued in 2015)
  • D- Bridge St/West High School
  • G- Sherman St
  • H- North 6th St/Riverview
  • I- Stewart Ave/Aspirus Hospital
  • J- Thomas St
  • K- Weston/Birchwood Heights (discontinued in 2015)

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

Fares

In 2022, fares are $1.75 for adults, $1.50 for students, $0.85 for seniors, and free for children. Adult fares have been increased from $1.25 in 2015. Additional fare increases had taken place in 2008 and 2012.

Wausau Transit Center

The Wausau Transit Center is located at 555 Jefferson Street in downtown Wausau across from the Marathon County Courthouse. The facility replaced a 1976 transit center located on the adjacent lot to the west of the current center.[4] The new facility was built in 2005 and has space for about 10 buses. All routes operate from the transit center, where intercity buses from Milwaukee, Janesville and Minneapolis also stop.[5][6]

Ridership
Fixed Route RidershipParatransit RidershipTotal RidershipChange over previous year
1999[7] 849,84321,657871,500n/a
2000[7] 827,93023,982851,912Decrease02.25%
2001[7] 805,66821,539827,207Decrease02.9%
2002[7] 758,58320,876779,459Decrease05.77%
2003[7] 725,18818,076743,264Decrease04.64%
2004[7] 746,23911,822758,061Increase02.9%
2010[8] 773,9918,064782,055Increase03.72%
2011[8] 778,7488,697787,445Increase00.61%
2012[8] 631,3603,370634,730Decrease019.39%
2013[8] 672,2243,388675,612Increase06.47%
2014[8] 654,0783,303657,381Decrease02.7%
2015[8] 577,0442,504579,548Decrease011.84%
2016[8] 529,8313,021532,852Decrease08.06%
2017[9] 498,9024,152503,054Decrease05.59%
2018[10] 503,3593,841507,200Increase00.89%
2019[11] 468,5554,120472,675Decrease06.81%
2020[12] 252,8121,683254,495Decrease046.16%
2021[13] 284,3783,050287,428Increase012.94%
Service HoursService Miles
1996 38,541553,916
1997 37,562557,047
1998 37,920558,796
1999 38,827564,311
2000 38,327556,607
2001 37,961556,023
2002 37,929557,007
2003 37,946556,501
2004 38,315555,801
2005 37,596535,183
2006 41,100588,475
2007 40,776578,288
2008 40,925569,706
2009 38,738540,514
2010 37,621542,404
2011 38,740543,846
2012 26,729375,988
2013 29,372411,843
2014 29,854404,710
2015 27,028375,626
2016 26,722376,478
2017 27,324377,052
2018 26,502376,034
2019 26,407376,816
2020 23,621343,693

1996-2016 data from 2018 Wausau Transit Development Plan.[3] 2017-2020 data from National Transit database.[14]

See also

References
  1. City of Wausau Transit System
  2. "Metro Ride Transit Development Plan May 2012" (PDF).
  3. "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. "Wausau TDP 2006" (PDF).
  8. "Wausau TDP 2018" (PDF).
  9. "2017 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  10. "2018 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  11. "2019 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  12. "2020 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  13. "2021 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  14. "City of Wausau, Wisconsin | FTA".
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