Civic - Services - Transport - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Milwaukee offers a variety of transit options; because of its large population (Milwaukee County is by far the most populous county in the state) and small area (Milwaukee County is the second-smallest county in terms of land area in the state), this population density means that public transit can potentially work fairly well
- MKE Transit: summarizes transit options in the Milwaukee area; focus is on public transit; includes links to official Web sites where available and sources of further information about Milwaukee transit and projects
- UWM Transit: summarizes transit options serving the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee; includes specific forms of transit for locations throughout the Milwaukee area
- Streetcar: MKE Streetcar Destination Guide; information and destinations about the Milwaukee Streetcar
- MCTS: Milwaukee County Transit System; a bus transit system serving Milwaukee County; Milwaukee County Transit System was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award--the highest award a transit company can achieve--by the American Public Transit Association in 1987 and 1999
- The Hop: The Milwaukee Streetcar
- Bublr Bikes: Bike-sharing system
- Bike Fed: Wisconsin bicycling advocacy and suport
- Airport MKE: General Mitchell International Airport (MKE); the largest passenger airport in Wisconsin with over 400 daily departures and arrivals; many airlines offer non-stop service to major cities around the United States from MKE
- Airport MWC: Lawrence J Timmerman Airport; on Milwaukee's northwest side, offering air service to general aviation
- Port: Port of Milwaukee; major industrial port on Lake Michigan and the St. Lawrence Seaway System; handles general and project cargoes, roll on/ roll off, containers, dry and liquid bulk and heavy lifts in excess of 180 metric tons; provides vessel owners and cargo interests with cargo handling services
- Amtrak: Amtrak passenger train service; from Milwaukee Amtrak station at 5th and St. Paul Streets; train service south to Chicago and west to Minneapolis; also stop at MKE airport; see
photo album page
- Bicycle: Milwaukee by Bike; maps showing the trail systems for bicycles in Milwaukee county
- Car Free: Possible in Milwaukee; with good walkability and some transit systems, you could easily live without a car in Milwaukee--I do
- Car Sharing: Avoid owning a car; be car-free as much as possible, but keep the idea that you can rent or borrow a car only when you need it--for a big project or trip to far-out areas, for example
- GCM Corridor: Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee Corridor; information about and near real-time graphics depicting traffic in the Milwaukee area and south to Chicago and Gary, Indiana. Provided as an effort of the Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee Priority Corridor Partners: Illinois Department of Transportation, Indiana Department of Transportation, and Wisconsin Department of Transportation
- Freeways: Wisconsin Department of Transportation Milwaukee-area current travel information
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