RYDE Racine is a public transportation agency, operated by the city, serving the city of
Racine
Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ; ; 22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in the Western tra ...
and villages of
Mount Pleasant,
Caledonia
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, and
Yorkville in southeastern
Wisconsin
Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...
.
History
The city-owned transit system, which is also a member of the
Southeast Wisconsin Transit System
Southeast Wisconsin Transit System was a marketing partnership of five public transit agencies covering the Greater Milwaukee Area in the United States. These operators provided local or intercounty commuter service in the counties of Milwaukee, R ...
, maintains a fleet of buses operating on nine bus routes. The city also provides
paratransit
Paratransit (also community transport in the United Kingdom, or intermediate public transport) is a type of public transport service that supplements fixed-route mass transit by providing individualized rides without fixed routes or timetables. P ...
services, branded as Dial A Ride Transportation (DART).
In November 2010,
First Transit
First Transit was an American transportation company. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, it operated over 300 locations, carrying more than 350 million passengers annually throughout the United States in 41 states, Puerto Rico, Panama, India an ...
replaced Professional Transit Management of Racine as the company to manage the city's bus system. It had managed Belle Urban System from 1996 until 2003 when the Racine City Council awarded the management contract to Professional Transit Management of Racine. Bus drivers and managers of the Racine system become city employees after this contract expired in 2022.
In 2017, the City of Racine changed the transit system's name from Belle Urban System to Ryde Racine, and added commuter bus service to Chicago and the North Shore suburbs through
Coach USA
Coach USA, LLC is a holding company for various American transportation service providers providing scheduled intercity bus service, local and commuter bus transit, city sightseeing, tour, yellow school bus, and charter bus service across the ...
.
Ridership
See also
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List of bus transit systems in the United States
The following is a list of presently-operating bus transit systems in the United States with regular service. The list excludes charter buses, private bus operators, paratransit systems, and trolleybus systems. Figures for daily ridership, numbe ...
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Milwaukee County Transit System
The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) is the largest transit agency in Wisconsin, and is the primary transit provider for Milwaukee County. It ranks among the top 50 transit agencies in the United States for total passenger trips. Milwauke ...
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''Hiawatha'' (Amtrak train)
References
External links
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{{Wisconsin public transit
Bus transportation in Wisconsin
Intermodal transportation authorities in Wisconsin