Mayor Barrett said that The Hop was on time 93% of the time, and would have had a better performance except Milwaukee motorists still required a learning curb about things like not parking on the tracks. “We shattered our projections for the project.” That’s 2,205 rides per day,” announced Mayor Tom Barrett. The numbers are in, and I’m thrilled to report that our ridership for year one is 802,541.
“We projected 1,800 rides per day, and around 600,000 rides for the year. Milwaukee’s $128 million streetcar service officially began operation on November 2, 2018, with 5 vehicles and 18 stops from Ogden Avenue by the Lakefront to Saint Paul Avenue by the Intermodal Station.
Several hundred guests were treated to free birthday cake and treats courtesy of local vendors.
Low temperatures and several inches of snow that fell on Halloween Day caused the original party plans to move indoors, from Cathedral Square Park to the historic rotunda of City Hall.
