Local News From 7/1/2023

2023

• July 1 - Big redevelopment planned around Metro Transit's South Transfer Point in Madison By Dean Mosiman | Wisconsin State Journal

• July 5 - Bus route changes impact people seeking services by Eric Murphy | Isthmus

• July 12 - Madison tweaking Metro Transit system to address concerns, challenges by Dean Mosiman | Wisconsin State Journal

• July 14 - Direct bus service to UW Hospital to return by Eric Murphy | Isthmus

• July 17 - Minor Changes Coming To Metro Transit One Month After Redesign Implementation  By Nate Wegehaupt and the WORT News Dept. 

• Aug 3 - Madison mayor talks about successes, challenges of Metro redesign a month into service By Wyatt Bandt | WKOW.com (VIDEO)

• Aug 3 - Ridership up 5% one month into Metro Transit redesign, mayor says by Lucy Wentink | Channel 3000 (VIDEO)

• Aug 7 - Redevelopment of south Madison bus transfer point proposed By Eric Murphy | Isthmus

• Aug 8 - Madison Metro tells people with disabilities to just take paratransit; riders say it’s not that simple By Omar Waheed | Blueprint 365

• Aug 18 - Madison Metro makes bus route changes after hundreds of questions and complaints By Camberyn Kelley | NBC15.com (VIDEO)

•  Aug 19 - Metro Transit making first changes since sweeping system redesign  By Dean Mosiman | Wisconsin State Journal 

• Aug 21 - Metro Transit route redesigns began Aug. 20 By Lila Szyryj NBC15.com | (VIDEO)

• Sept 6 - Drawing the inaccessible bus stops of Metro Transit By Rachel Litchman | Tone

• Sept 6 - UW-Madison students should expect Metro bus delays By Eric Murphy | Isthmus

• Sept 21 - New transit system raises accessibility issues for marginalized communities By Aanika Parikh | Badger Herald 

• Sept 25 - Madison Metro hosting schedule adjustment meeting By Wyatt Bandt | WKOW.com

• Sept 26 - Metro Transit makes more route changes as it adjusts to network redesign  By Dean Mosiman | Wisconsin State Journal

• Nov 10 - Madison homeless shelter occupants face lack of transit options By Maddie Heimsch  | Channel 3000 (VIDEO)

• Nov 14 - Metro Transit redesign leads to increased ridership, mixed feedback By Noreen Sharif | Madison Commons

• Nov 28 - Metro redesign spurs City of Madison winter salt route changes, UW campus largely unaffected By Brianna Davis | Badger Herald

• Dec 6 - Madison Metro Transit changes city bus routes ahead of BRT implementation by Eliza Tool | Daily Cardinal

2024

• Feb. 14 - Are Madison Buses Becoming More Reliable? by Faye Parks and WORT News Department (AUDIO)

• Mar 27 - Drawing the inaccessible bus stops of Metro Transit, part II by Rachel Litchman | Tone