What You Need to Know About Plans to Cut Bus Service in Milwaukee | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Milwaukee transit workers vote to authorize strike

On July 9 workers at the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) voted by 98 percent to 2 percent to authorize a strike, another indication of the growing anger and militancy among workers across the United States, and internationally, where waves of strikes and protests are increasing.

What you need to know about plans to cut bus service in Milwaukee | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Getting from A to B may become more difficult soon for Milwaukee area bus riders.  The Milwaukee County Transit System, or MCTS, is in the midst of an upheaval after leadership announced in mid-June that the system has a $10.4 million operating deficit: the result of low passenger revenue and unexpected expenses, officials say.  According to an MCTS news release the system will make changes to cut costs.  In other local transit news, it was anno…