The contract includes significant wage increases, increased work/life balance, and minimal changes to healthcare.
The new BRT brand is called “MCTS CONNECT,” specifically designed for the battery electric buses used on this BRT route.
MCTS will retire 73 buses federally recognized as past their useful life, replacing each with an advanced clean diesel bus by fall.
The new system is expected to launch in mid-2023, alongside Milwaukee County’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service.
Umo is a national fare collection system that will connect MCTS riders to not only its bus services but to other forms of transit across the region.
The first 11 LFSe+ buses will run exclusively on the agency’s upcoming East-West Bus Rapid Transit line. Four additional vehicles will be used along regular routes.
Users of the Aira app receive one-on-one assistance riding the bus and navigating the more than 5,000 bus stops in Milwaukee County.
The app was developed in partnership with Tixora, a Wisconsin-based start-up company that has worked with MCTS since 2016.
MCTS Excellence began in late 2016 as a video series posted on the company’s website and official social media accounts
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