The Milwaukee Transit Riders Union opposes the proposed cuts to MCTS

Cuts Hurt! Proposed cuts in transit service, fare increase hurt Milwaukee County’s communities of color, poor, disabled, and transit dependent

County Executive Scott Walker asked the Milwaukee County Transit System to prepare a 2008 Department Budget that cut the County’s support for the bus system by $1 million. As a result, MCTS was forced to propose:

-Cutting 13 routes
-Shortening 13 more routes and ending service to many area industrial parks
-Raising the cash fare to $2.00 on buses
-Raise fares on Transit Plus
-Cutting service for the disabled to the smallest amount allowed by the federal government

These cuts are a direct assault on public well being. They will increase the unbelieveable level of racial, economic, and social segregation in our community, limiting lack of access to employment and further destabilizing neighborhoods. This proposal will also make it difficult for the disabled and the elderly to get to doctors’ appointments.

Join the Union, call your County Board Supervisor!

Help the Milwaukee Transit Riders Union fight these service cuts and fare increase by joining our campaign to pressure the county to improve bus service, not cut it. Come to our weekly meetings to discuss the proposed cuts, spread the word among bus riders and others, volunteer with the union, and write to your County Board supervisor. Tell them that you want them to improve bus service not cut it and raise fares!

For more information, visit our website: www.transitridersunion.org , call (414) 921-5513, or write to MTRU: 2008 N. Farwell Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202.

To find you County Supervisor, visit: http://www.milwaukeecounty.org/CountyBoardofSupervi7708.htm
or call (414) 278-4222 and ask to talk to your Supervisor

The Milwaukee Transit Riders Union
2008 N. Farwell Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 921-5513
transitridersunion@gmail.com
www.transitridersunion.org

The Milwaukee Transit Riders Union meets every Saturday at 11:15 a.m. We meet at Brewing Grounds For Change Coffeeshop, 2008 N. Farwell Ave. on the East Side. We are transit riders committed to organizing other public transit riders to build a unified voice and movement for better public transportation in Greater Milwuakee.

Brewing Grounds is accessible from MCTS Routes 15, 30, and 21. Rt. 30 stops southbound directly in front of the coffeeshop and northbound one block east at Prospect and Lafayette. Rt. 15 stops one block west at Oakland and Lafayette, and Rt. 21 stops along North Ave., 3 blocks to the north.