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.
Routes All routes operate from the transit center.
A - Grand Ave/Health Center B - North 1st Ave/Northcentral Technical College D - Bridge St/West High School G - Sherman St H - North 6th St/Riverview I - Stewart Ave/Aspirus Hospital J - Thomas St
Service to Rothschild, Schofield and Weston ended in 2015, along with weekend service. At the same time, fares were raised.
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. The new facility was built in 2005 and has space for about ten buses.
Ridership
+ Year Fixed Route Ridership Paratransit Ridership Total Ridership Change over previous year2013672,224 3,388 675,612 6.47%2014654,078 3,303 657,381 2.7%2015577,044 2,504 579,548 11.84%2016529,831 3,021 532,852 8.06%2017498,902 4,152 503,054 5.59%2018503,359 3,841 507,200 0.89%2019468,555 4,120 472,675 6.81%2020252,812 1,683 254,495 46.16%2021284,378 3,050 287,428 12.94%2022337,884 3,273 341,157 18.69%2023359,363 2,937 362,300 6.2%
Fixed Route Service Trends 2012-2016 data from 2018 Wausau Transit Development Plan. 2017-2020 data from National Transit database. + Year Service Hours Service Miles201226,729 375,988201329,372 411,843 201429,854 404,710 201527,028 375,626201626,722 376,478201727,324 377,052201826,502 376,034201926,407 376,816 202023,621 343,693202127,017 381,209202227,150 375,959
See also Stevens Point Transit List of bus transit systems in the United States
References
External links Official Website