May 12th, 2011
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Author: Milwaukee County bus ridership sinks further
For the second year in a row, Milwaukee County Transit System ridership fell to a record low in 2010, driven down by a combination of fare increases, service cuts and a still-sluggish economy.
Other bus systems also felt the lingering effects of the recession, which left fewer jobs for bus riders to commute to. But Milwaukee County buses lost riders more than six times as fast as the national average last year.
And even as rising gas prices helped boost ridership for some bus systems in the first quarter of this year, Milwaukee County ridership continued to tumble.
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