Milwaukee County Transit System is considering eliminating six bus routes and raising fares as it grapples with a $14 million budget shortfall from federal COVID relief funding running dry.
The MCTS 2026 budget summary could eliminate routes 20 (S. 20th), 28 (108th), 33 (Vliet), 34 (Hopkins), 55 (Layton), and 58 (Villard), while also modifying multiple other routes.
Watch: Passengers voice concerns as MCTS considers cutting bus routes, raising fares
MCTS considers cutting bus routes and raising fares
“It’ll affect them people that have to go to work,” said Kevion White, a bus passenger…