The Milwaukee County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) has been awarded nearly $8 million to help optimize downtown transit services, upgrade county buses, improve traffic signals, and invest in public outreach.
The announcement was made in a release Tuesday by MCDOT, which outlined three projects the funding will support:
- Milwaukee County Transit Services (MCTS) replacement buses
- Traffic signal optimization
- MCTS public outreach campaign to increase ridership
MCTS Replacement Buses
The majority of the funding, awarded by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), will go toward improving MCTS’s fleet, with $5.8 million supporting MCDOT’s plans to purchase GILLIG clean diesel buses to replace buses at the end of their useful life, according to the release.
MCDOT says the new buses will provide significant environmental and economic benefits, including up to 40% fuel reduction and improved air quality…