MCTS Serves Irish Fest
Traffic and parking are a breeze when you ride the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) Straight to the Gate of Irish Fest.
Traffic and parking are a breeze when you ride the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) Straight to the Gate of Irish Fest. MCTS offers two easy ways to the festival, held August 16-19, 2012 at Henry Maier Festival Park: Shuttle service along Wisconsin Avenue and Freeway Flyers from five park-ride lots.
DOWNTOWN SHUTTLE SERVICE
Shuttles provide service roughly every 30 minutes from 4:00 pm to 10:30 pm on Thursday, August 16; 3:00 pm to 12:30 am on Friday, August 17; 11:30 am to 12:30 am on Saturday, August 18; and 8:00 am to 11:30 pm on Sunday, August 19. Buses operate in both directions along Wisconsin Avenue. When traveling to Irish Fest, the Shuttle stops between N. 6th Street and N. Jackson Street, then proceeds directly to the Mid Gate. Stops are made at all bus stops marked with the Summerfest smile logo.
FREEWAY FLYER SERVICE
Festival-goers can catch a Freeway Flyer from, Brown Deer East (Brown Deer Road, west of I-43), College (College Avenue, at I-94), Holt (Holt Avenue, west of I-94), State Fair Park (I-94, S. 76th and W. Kearney Street) and Watertown Plank Road (west of US Hwy. 45) Park-Ride Lots (see map). Service operates every half-hour on the half-hour and the hour. Service is provided during all hours of the festival, beginning a half-hour before the event and ending a half-hour after the event.
LOCAL ROUTES
MCTS also serves downtown with numerous local routes from all over Milwaukee County. Many local routes connect with the Shuttle.
NOTE
There will be no Ozaukee County Express service to Irish Fest in 2012.
FARES
Shuttles are $3.00 round trip for adults and $1.50 for children (6-11 years), seniors (65 and over) and persons with disabilities with proper ID. MCTS Freeway Flyers round-trip fare is $6.50 for adults and $3.00 for children ages (6-11), seniors (65 and over) and persons with disabilities with proper ID. Riders with a Weekly or Monthly Pass add $2.00. Regular MCTS fares apply for travel on the local routes. Also, on both the Shuttle and Freeway Flyer, U-PASS, Freedom Pass and Commuter Value Pass are accepted as full fare.
Customers can find additional information and suggested routing via Google Trip Planner by visiting RideMCTS.com, or by calling the 24-hour automated bus information line at 414-344-6711.
NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.
