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- The Hop, also known as the Milwaukee Streetcar, is a modern streetcar system in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The 2.1-mile (3.4 km) initial line connects the Milwaukee Intermodal Station and Downtown to the Lower East Side and Historic Third Ward neighborhoods. A 0.4-mile (640 m) Lakefront branch, to the proposed "Couture" high-rise development, has been mostly constructed, but is not projected to open until late 2020. The system is owned by the city and operated by Transdev.
Construction of the system began in late 2016 and was completed in summer 2018. Service to the public began on November 2, 2018
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Watch the full ride of the tram as we stalk it wherever it goes ;)
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Wasn’t very long of a “stalking”, given it doesn’t go too far
@@jrios1168 mmm.. misinformation
@@DLD22productions ok groomer
@@DLD22productions feel free to point out what is wrong
The trouble with the Milwaukee streetcar is that it zig-zags from an intercity transit station on one side of downtown to nowhere in particular on the otherside of downtown. It's usefulness is inherently limited as a result. Extending the line up the lakeshore to the university, for instance, would greatly increase its value for people traveling in and out of downtown.
This is the problem I find with a lot of transit projects in America, they are exspensive projects that are too short and don’t serve useful areas
The federal grant was originally intended for a regional light rail system. But the state Republicans who hate Milwaukee decided to make a law against having a regional light rail system in the Milwaukee area.
There is already bus service that does that.
@@boggy7665 Damn that’s so messed up, guess that’s republicans for ya
@@boggy7665 if the federal grant was for a “regional light rail system” (you’re talking about the silly no so fast light rail system that would go from Milwaukee to Volk field Madison )
And Republican blocking it as the problem
So obviously the solution was a useless toy ten times more expensive than any equivalent system to build and specifically design NOT to be able to collect a fare from riders without a second employee on every vehicle
Trams are never a waste of money, but there needs to be an actual network of trams for people to use them. The US definitely needs better and more reliable public transport as an alternative to cars.
The federal grant was intended for the nucleus of a regional light rail system. Would have been longer distance, more useful. But the gerrymandered Republican legislature and governor Scott Walker never miss a chance to damage Milwaukee. They passed a law outlawing regional light rail in the Milwaukee region.
@@boggy7665 This was very informative, thanks. This kind of abuse of power should be national news, but somehow the GQP gets away with so much crap, it's outrageous. At any rate, Milwaukee could build several lines and create an actual tram network. Once I went to the city of Kaohsiung in Taiwan, it only had one metro line, and few people used it. On the other hand, millions of people use the metro in Taipei. The point is, if you want people to ditch their cars, you must give them a mass transit network allowing them to get anytime anywhere. Then more and more people will use it.
It's successful in dense high population areas where there's lots of business. Milwaukee has a small population and all large businesses have left because of 100 years of mismanagement by the Democrat and socialist administrations.
@@solidrock3886 You're a total fraud, first of all you're a liar because trams have been in use in many countries such as countries in Eastern Europe even when they were much poorer, so you really have no idea what you're talking about.
Second, go eat your own GQP white fascist Taliban crap somewhere else, I'm not interested in your lies and propaganda, the GQP fascists are destroying Milwaukee because they hate cities and diversity, and they're trying to turn Wisconsin into a 4th world fascist one party state. Screw lying Dumbald and GQP fascism, they're the worst enemies of America
@@boggy7665 Reality check! Democrat and socialist policies have driven most business out of Milwaukee. In the 70s l was a union guy working at AOSmith on the north side that provided thousands of jobs but it was always made out to be us against the company and they couldn't do business here anymore. Capitalism isn't perfect but it sure beats the suppression and poverty socialism brings any day.
The American tram revival is getting under way with systems like this. Right now it just needs more funding so it can be extended
Now that the 44 story Cotoure bldg is a reality, the Hop will be extended to it and also Summerfest grounds. In May 2022 a 32 story apt bldg will be built kitty corner from Milwaukee Market, where the Hop already goes by.
Beautiful!! The better public transportation there is, the more people that would be willing to live in downtown.
No one can afford to live downtown anymore unless you have roommates.
Um ppl aren’t willing to live downtown Bc of bad public transportation it’s Bc it’s expensive as heck😐😂They def could’ve and should’ve put efforts towards improving the bus lines we already have now that run throughout the entire county…
It is free to ride right now and Nobody uses it,what a waste of 70+ million taxpayers dollars.
Taxes are too high now in Milwaukee for businesses to come here because they waste money on stuff like this.
@@loumcast “if you build it he will come”
Where have I heard that before?
A beautiful light rail transit like this would be nice in Rochester NY
I was visiting milwaukee July 4, 2021 and was able to ride this street car. It is not a waste if money. It got me to and from for FREE! And there were nice people on board. And I also like how the seats designated for people in wheelchairs just pop up if no one is sitting in the seats. That was a brilliant idea
You rode for free paid for by me and the rest of the county. No, this tram is a waste of tax dollars that is duplicating the existing bus service that cost a fraction of this boondoggle. The buses can run all year unlike the tram that can't run in winter!
@@SmokinPaul no, wrong, you thought I rode for free paid for by you! From what I read, the street train was paid for by potawatomi
@@SmokinPaul I take it you haven't been on the bus to begin with lmfao. Trams ride better than buses in snow - I would know because I use both as my primary method of transportation.
@@certifiedforkliftdriver9987 Not the tram we have in Milwaukee. The tracks are placed along the sides of the street where the snow plows pile the snow. They can't push the snow onto the sidewalks so the trolley/tram Does Not Operate In Winter.
Why would I care about how smooth a ride when I'm being taxed to death to pay for a trolley that is almost always empty!
FYI Any buss or trolley on rubber tires can use the same air suspension and get the same or superior ride. Technology, who knew! LOL😄
In fact some of our busses have just that. 🤔 Weird. They also kneel at the curb four passengers easy entrance. Say it isn't so. 😳
You sure love trains that the public doesn't want, paid for by others aka the unwilling public. You clearly have no clue what's happening outside your bubble. Probably don't even understand what's going on inside your bubble either.
@@iAmBrothaDee LOL you don't know anything about our money pit trolley. 😁
I haven't even talked about moving utilities especially the phone cables to the phone company downtown. Why would the indians pay for a trolley that doesn't benefit them?
Nooooo its no free anymore? 😱
and for those of y'all saying it ends in the middle of nowhere, actually it ends across the street from the Amtrak which is useful cuz then you don't have to pay for parking and don't have to walk your luggage all the way there
That’s great IF you live downtown and are going to Amtrak… then tax all the residents along the route and tax Amtrak to pay for it.. and leave the rest of us in the area out of it
I grew in a European city with a large tram network,it’s even beyond two (2) borders, Switzerland,Germany and France .
No new tram route is wasted money if it serves a population.
I take you are referring to Basel
@@Steve14ps
Exactly 👍✅🇨🇭
@@aoilpe Sie ist Schweizer
but it is a wasteful expense if the population served is so tiny that it can't make a profit. In that case they'd better set a bus route, cheaper and just as effective in that case
@@cardenasr.2898 Trams really suit larger towns and cities for the reasons you have stated, in areas of a small population a bus service would suffice.
It's a start but I really think a light rail system that modeled the Twin Cities one would better serve Milwaukeeans.
That was the original intent of the federal grant. But the state Republicans passed a law... don't want any mass transit connection with Waukesha. Also passed laws against high-speed trains connecting Milwaukee and Madison with Chicago and the twin cities. Also passed laws against regional planning for regional transit.
Great looking trainset. Slick af. MKE is awesome. Can't wait to see further extensions to the system.
Why aren't cars and trucks required to have bells at every intersection? They are far more dangerous than a streetcar....
I like how they "masked" some of the trams.
Yo what you talking bout
@@kingofthemonsters3712 The blue design on the front of some of the Trams is supposed to represent a mask since everybody that rides them must be masked.
@@NealCMH sounds pretty lame
Really we can only hope that they zone surrounding properties in a way that can benefit Milwaukee and ensure the longevity of The Hop.
Public transportation is important but a rubber tire bus can go anywhere unlike a vehicle on rails
What their spending on a rubber tire bus is a waste, and trains can have routes that buses don't have , Milwaukee is way behind the times
as a city, that's what it struggles.
Milwaukee actually needed an
L train a long time ago to get ppl into the suburbs to work,whom don't have
transportation and busses don't go there. Everything has advantages and disadvantages.
You say that but Trams and trains can attract more passengers than buses and trolley buses and because they can be built on their own right of way, they can avoid rush hour traffic, operate at near silence and have their tracks filled in with grass like what can be seen in Switzerland 🇨🇭, Netherlands 🇳🇱 or Germany 🇩🇪 which helps absorb lots of traffic noise and make the urban environment more liveable…
For more info, I suggest that you watch the TH-cam channel called NotJustBikes for more info…
@@wclifton968gameplaystutorials I watch that channel too. Amazing guy who lived in both systems. Whenever I talk to an American about how the suburbs look ugly no one would understand until I finally came across that channel, it explains everything that’s I feel to mention.
@@delonjones8739 This is what you get with a 100 year history of Socialist and Democrat mayors.This is a fact !
@@tjmax8203 Republicans as well since they also played a part in destroying America's privately-owned public transport networks between 1930-1980 and so only blaming America's Socialist party isn't entirely true especially when competitors to the Demonrats copy the same stupid policies in stealth...
Always nice to see a new car WITHOUT a wrap! The dong sound is so often?
The Hop was the was the company where I had my first experience riding a streetcar
Welp it likely gave you the wrong picture on trams/light rail
Nice job. Steady, and long enough views and shots so that we can see what you are filming and make out.
It's not a waste of money if you're paid to operate it.
Does it run on battery when there are no overhead lines?
Yes
Due to several really bad neighborhoods skewing the crime stats for the city on a whole, Milwaukee is probably the most underrated city in the united states. The Hop is awesome and been free for 3 years now!
I didn't know Milwaukee had this.
Its not free, they have sponsors who pay a yearly fee. and tax payers had to pay for the construction itself.. its sort of pointless with how small it is.
@@joshw4060 there is no fee to anyone who uses it including tourists or people who are not sponsors. Unlike the city metro system which is still very good & reasonably priced with subsidies for students, low income & seniors. The scooters, city bikes are also free to cheap for many & a good deal for all. Being only one of eight trollies in all the US is great for MKE tourism.
@@joshw4060 I understand that they would've expanded it already but Covid halted that plan temporarily, but they're still planning on doing that in a few months. The area where the Hop route runs is where the people pay the highest taxes, so they get to use & forego driving. The Hop is a tourist attraction which promotes revenue to businesses in that area. You need to see the bigger picture of how larger cities calculate things. Very few places in the United States have Trollie transportation, so this was an extraordinary idea. Love it!
@@joannegallo2638 Please go re read my comment.. I know its free for people to ride.. but it is not free.. as in companies who sponsor it are paying what the approx fee's would be.
If you ever have the urge to ride in a circle on an empty streetcar, then the HOP is the vehicle for you.
wait that sounds awesome actually
Such a cool comment when you can literally watch the video and see people on it.
@@jas22980 My comment was hyperbole, but that doesn't mean that the HOP wasn't a waste of money. At some point taxpayers are gonna be saddled with the maintenance and upkeep of both the streetcar and the tracks. What the City needs is high speed rail that connects the city, not a streetcar to no where.
@@jas22980 in the first minute there is a station with literally NOBODY waiting when its mid-day. That should NEVER happen. This tram is a sham
Nice. Still wondering why Columbus and San Antonio don’t have trams or light rail.
Answer in a nutshell: Ignorant car fanatics, budgeting and dumb politics
@@shanewalters4171 Oh how true!!!
@@scottyerkes1867 Are you agreeing with me or disagreeing?
@@shanewalters4171 Agreeing!!! I have the same feelings as you!!👍
Hi, Nick! If you're referring to Columbus, OH, practically zero support in the state budget for public transit would be one of the reasons. That hasn't inhibited Cleveland, which has had a tram system for a century operating on dedicated track (not counting streetcars, which disappeared in the 50's). In time, the system expanded to three lines (including a line crossing the city to the airport), and recently to three "Bus Rapid Transit" lines. There are 41 conventional bus routes serving the city and county. One reason this system is viable is that in 1974 Cuyahoga County voters agreed to add a 1% sales tax dedicated to the regional transit authority, which supplies 75% its budget.
The REAL reason why this LRT exists in its form in Milwaukee; told in the first person as follows:
"It's never a waste to build regional (very, very local) streetcars for the people who live (the wealthy and well-to-do, politicians and tourists who close their eyes and their minds and open up their wallets and purses) and those who don't live (we gave YOU PEOPLE the bus system. Ride the LRT to fashion your dreams with, but get off immediately; this really isn't "your style.") here to enjoy for free! Just don't expect us to meet your criteria about it; our system works for everyone!"
...with liberty and justice for the select few, who can afford it. 🐰
Where are the routes? East downtown? Third Ward?
Just wait until they extend this into the neighborhoods then the streetcar will make money. It's pretty smart to keep it free so people can get used to it and ride it. Just when the extension happens maybe make it cheaper than the bus. Maybe have a day pass and make it cost $1.00 to ride it (of course it would be a temporary fare until they get into the residential neighborhoods when they can price it a little bit cheaper than the bus).
Chicago needs one of these systems going up and down Michigan ave. At least from the south loop to Lincoln park
Good idea; maybe on State St or Michigan Ave starting at Van Buren, then traveling north up on Michigan Ave to the Outer Drive.
No they don't. They already have the CTA.
@@dvferyance Not on Michigan Ave though.
An urban rail system? A waste of money?! Not in a million years!
The only complaint I have with light rail or streetcars is that the modern ones use electronic "bells" instead of normal metal bells.
The Hop Streetcar is at a crossroads and status quo. Unknown who will become the next mayor. One candidate want to shut it down.
Let's see what happens in April.
That's all for now.
Have a nice day/night.
Όλα είναι άψογα με το light rail εκτός από το γεγονός ότι δεν το επιλέγει το επιβατικό κοινό για τις μετακινήσεις του όπως δυστυχώς συμβαίνει σε πολλές πόλεις των ΗΠΑ. Πολύ καλά συστήματα, τελευταία λέξη της τεχνολογίας, εξαιρετικά προσεγμένα αλλά υπάρχουν μόνο ως ένα δείγμα υψηλής ποιότητας ζωής μιας πόλης και όχι γιατί όντως εξυπηρετούν πραγματικές ανάγκες μετακίνησης. Αυτό είναι κάτι που πρέπει να δουλέψουν πολύ στις ΗΠΑ...
Google translates as: Everything is fine with light rail except that it is not chosen by the commuter public as it is unfortunately the case in many US cities. Very good systems, state of the art, extremely neat but they exist only as a sample of a high quality of life in a city and not because they actually serve real transportation needs. This is something they need to work on a lot in the US...
Came here to comment on the recent Fox News coverage of the expansion plans are. Making it seem like projects of this scope are ridiculous when it only cost a fraction of the 1.8 Billion spent on the zoo interchange project alone.
I do think they need to get plans to get the system out to the burbs ASAP though on tram train systems.
Reminds me to Oklahoma!
Could've put that money in our neighborhood.
They did.
It was supposed to go to the Bucks arena. Who knows what happened with that.
Study Portland or cities in China. This is a good investment for the city but the culture needs to want to have it in order to work.
Expand service from Intermodal Station to AmFam Park to State fair park to Brookfield Square to Waukesha ! Don't widen I - 94 ! 🤡
Few doors, only on the central module.
Wait you that John December dude?
As a citizen The Hop is empty. It won't pay for up keep. It only goes a half mile from the arena. Does not reach the lake front. The Hop our Mayor's own taxi.
Literally almost every major city in the United States has some sort of light rial system, but the major city that I live in doesn't. Guess what that city is called.........................
San Antonio, Columbus or Indianapolis :O
@@timosha21 the first choice was correct. I hope we get a light rail
eventually 👌🏾
Florida doesnt have any
@@jayforerunner965 at least you have the nice pedestrian friendly riverwalk...
The Hop is a collosal waste of money, everything it does could be done better using busses. Laying permanent tracks restricts where it can travel and costs a fortune. This was an idea Milwaukee discarded 70 years ago. Even with free rides it serves fewer than 700 people per day and serves a very limited area. Operations also loose over 2 million dollars annually. Busses are a far better option for taxpayers.
Yessir
what dose it mean
That thing is empty most days.
The newest modern streetcar system in the United States of America
I thought Oklahoma City was the latest city for a new streetcar system
you are right
“Newest modern” example of late 1890s technology.
Um how? Oklahoma City has modern trams
@@jrios1168 ya, they also did it better back then because people actually used them
Let's go to the HOP
"Polenske and others at the Milwaukee DPW warned that doing so( canceling the HOP) could require the city to pay back a $68 million federal grant. So instead we see stuck losing 3 to 4 million a year.
Roads lose money and no one holds them to a profit standard like public transit. Roads and airports are also heavily subsidized by public money.
@@gossettcd Roads and airports are actually used by people, unlike the streetcar.
@@1baby12bear so public transit you perceive people use is a legitimate use of funds?
Also do you have ridership numbers from that transit agency demonstrating that no one rides? Because it sounds like you are being dramatic?
@@gossettcd 2000 daily riders pre-pandemic isn't a lot. It could be increased substantially by extending the existing line up to UWM. A new line downtown from the American Family Field and VA Medical Center along Wisconsin Avenue would also be very logical. That could also connect to the Intermodal Station.
Comes up on to how many people use it. In Frankfurt, Germany the tram is more full definately.
Then it is worth the money. Unlike the mostly unused Milwaukee streetcar.
@@1baby12bear Maybe give it time?
I am from Milwaukee and never see people riding the hop! People choose the bus over the street car!
Never??
@@brushcreek42 HONESTLY whenever I see the Hop there are like 2-3 people riding tops! The city bus is ALWAYS almost full to capacity tho!
@@MILTOWNSBEST That's not "never". So people ride the bus (that they have to pay for) over riding a free streetcar?
@@brushcreek42 the Hop isn't free...
@@MILTOWNSBEST 2:08 This doesn't look empty to me. I thought it was still free.
Complete waste of money. No body uses it, does not pay for itself.
Useless for Milwaukee. Not so much for the bus union that seized upon the opportunity to strengthen their coffers.
I love riding the hop and find it useful.
@@cadethomas5686 so you’re the one
@@jrios1168 Considering the only time I’ve been on it alone was the night before lock downs began, I’d say you’re wrong.
@@cadethomas5686 and yet, every story on local media prior to the Plannedemic and ever since, has focused on the mostly empty cars of the Flop.
The drivers of the HOP, are not City bus drivers.
who made the trams?
Brookville Equipment Corporation.
@@joeygardner88 Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's the same company who made the Detroit and Dallas Streetcar, right?
Yep
@@shanewalters4171 Yes, as well as the Oklahoma City and upcoming Tempe (Phoenix suburb) streetcars.
They're also making the new additions to the fleet for Tacoma Link in Tacoma, WA, which is being extended to the Hilltop neighborhood (opening next year).
@@joeygardner88 Ah, ok, thx
This is the biggest waste of money. I've read you can walk the route faster than riding on it. I never see anyone riding it!
Remind me again when they plan on this making a profit ? Just another white elephant that the city has dove into.
Since when does public transportation make a profit? Do streets and highways make a profit?
@@brushcreek42 Think you are confusing what you ride on and what you ride in.
@@milwscruffy Public transportation never makes a profit. It's impossible these days and has been impossible for nearly 100 years. Your tax money pays for the roads and public transportation so they should be viewed the same way. A light rail system would have been a much better choice for Milwaukee.
@@brushcreek42 How about fix what we have (existing crumbling roads) before pissing away tax payer money on something not needed in the first place. The mayor who made this dubious decision among many more is suppose to be appointed as a special Ambassador to Luxembourg. We can only hope and sounds like just the right place for him.
@@milwscruffy I wonder why you weren't allowed to vote on this? Seems like most of the new streetcar or light rail lines were installed after voters approved a bond issue to pay for it.
Yes Yes and Yes it is a waste of Tax Dollar money.
100% a waste of tax dollars. It goes nowhere and it is horribly maintained.
The invisible mayor Barret's legacy, a subsidized expensive street car no one uses doing what a bus can do much cheeper.
No public transit is a waste of money. They reduce fumes, reduce carbon imprint, reduce cars on streets.
When they actually go where people want to go
@@CreatorPolar Thanks for your input. Perhaps extensions would bring more people riding the system.
Money
Total waste of money, trolly tommy money pit!
Why is it a waste of money?
@@timosha21 serves almost zero purpose and a very small number of people
Yes, this tram represents an unnecessary waste of money for a means of transport almost empty and using only roads taken by other vehicles. I really don't see the point, a simple bus line would have been enough: cheaper, no cumbersome infrastructure, a more flexible route (in the event of works for example).
This is such narrow minded thinking, no wonder US public transport sucks when compared to Japan, Europe, China etc. The mindset of "just put a bus on the road 'cause cheap" is not going to improve US urban areas. Anyone who has lived in places like Germany, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, China etc can appreciate how great public transport is.
@@aristeon5908 Those are high population places with lots of business. Milwaukee doesn't have that many people and is small compared to other major cities.
@@solidrock3886 What an excuse to do nothing. Trams are perfect for smaller cities, examples are Leipzig, Dresden, Krakow, Manchester, there are so many. In large cities, trams are used alongside the major types of public transport, which are metro and elevated railway systems.
Down the road is Kenosha, with a car line running 5 ex-Toronto PCCs between the waterfront and the Metra station.
GOP Sen Ron Johnson of Wisconsin thinks The Hop car line should lose all funding and close. His base goes yeah yeah hardly anyone rides it.
Note transit workers unions aren't keen on streetcar lines like this, likely rather see expanded bus service city or region wide.
Looking at the video it looks pretty full.
@@jonmccormick8683 don't kid yourself. Another type of tax gatherer, the casino was paying for the rides. Now it's empty.
@@tomd8658 its still free. As soon as it connects to major developments like the couture than it will probably be more popular. Street cars need to grow with developments to be successful
@@popcorn8153 what's that mean? As long as your neighbor pays for it? It's still an empty waste of money. They had rolling bus type trolleys that they had to shitcan because nobody rode them. But to these losers who run the city, as long as they can get the Feds to give them money they'll put a feather in their caps, along with a raise.... Typical mentality of their type who govern.
Sorry. Sen Johnson is right. I work downtown and it's always empty. Also the screeching high pitch noise is terrible. I think tmj4 did a story on it. Said through the entire weekend the monitor the hop only 22 people used it. This was a huge waste of money.
Nobody rides this lmao, waste of taxes
Why is it a waste of taxes?
Read the first part of the comment for your answer.
I thought it was cool, then I saw the route.
Intent is to extend it. Of course, very expensive and where's the money going to come from. The original grant proposal was for a regional light rail system but the gerrymandered Republican state legislature and governor Scott (Alfred E Newman) Walker, subsidiaries of Koch Industries,... they made a state law that said Milwaukee could not build a light rail system.
Of course the Dimbulbcrats, Tommy Choochoo and Tony the Crypt Keeper want to extend the wastefulness of their trolley to nowhere. Mandela the Pimp needs a way to run around Killwaukee since he can’t drive legally, to see his ratchet gals in their Vickys
They need to give it a little more speed and build much more tracks so it goes all over Metro Milwaukee and also where the buses don't go, there are tracks here already that no trains run on
Agreed. If only Scott Walker hadn't done a thing banning regional light-rail...
Video nya kereen 👍
Great video. Thanks Tim👍👍😄😄
Considering that it only serves a small section of the city and the money could have gone to other, sorely needed things, yeah, it is a waste.
What a joke. Waste of money
Nope!
There were other more important areas to invest in imo
Ugly Tram and colors. Milwaukee very nice city. Thanks for the video
I saw this when I was at the Amtrack station. It’s kinda cool but stupid. Just run buses like back in 90s. I would have no use for it.
We have kids living with their parents in cars in Milwaukee. But mayor Barrett (D) spend the money on "The Hop". It would have been much better to invest much in a micro house project. Using buses would have been cheaper spend the rest of housing for the people in need.
It starts at Ogden and Prospect which is really nowhere and really ends at really nowhere, it looks like it goes about 5 mph so if your not in a hurry take it! What's really hilarious is that it has direction signals to let you know that its turning left or right when it's more than obvious that the tracks are going in that direction. I live on Brady St would you really want to take a bus to Ogden and transfer???
Do one in charlotte next
The lightrail? He already did that, unless you mean the new Gold Line Streetcar, I'm sure he'll do it
@@shanewalters4171 yes the Gold line Streetcar
The few times I have been to Charlotte the Gold Line was not in operation :(
@@timosha21 it is up running now about 3weeks ago
tram/light rail/streetcar in of itself can be a great service to ANY city, it is a matter of public mindset (willing to use it over the car) and the system itself (coverage & frequency)...
Australia's Newcastle lightrail is not overly a good system been it is JUST A short run down a commercial strip WHERE Melbourne's Tram network "OH Boy!!!"
THIS video is not making a point but only showing the dump of a place (Thumbs down)
Why? A bus does the same thing without having to tear up the streets and the route can be changed as needed.
@@solidrock3886 -\0/- pollution
Milwaukee would have been better served by increasing the bus routes. I took the tram just to see where it went and where the stops were located. It stopped nowhere interesting. What a pile of horsepuccccccky and I hope it becomes a pile of steel when they tear it apart, hopefully in a few years.
Completely over glorified. Waste of money, impractical. Seems to have caused more issues than it solved. Big hassle for a city that claims to be a bike community.
Lots of cyclists have already been injured riding over the tracks.
Hybrid or electric buses would have been cheaper
Joke
Milwaukee was like Springfield being tricked into the Monorail. I live here and it's a huge waste of street space for an already crowded downtown area.
I have lived in Milwaukee for a year and this Tram is free of cost, It helps people living in Downtown to go to places! Get some life.
Then YOU pay for the free rides. Milwaukee sucks! Liberal turd hole.
“…helps people living in Downtown to go places.” As long as those places aren’t too far from the only route, all 3 miles of it
Helps rich eastsiders. Why didn't they pay for it all.
Useless
Why is it useless?
Because it only has one route, that doesn’t go even near the Deer District or the ballpark, or the sponsoring casino, or Marquette University or UW-Milwaukee. And it hardly ever has more than a handful of riders (at best, usually its ridership is zero.)
Other than those reasons, it’s very useful
@@timosha21 The route zig-zags from an intercity transit station on one side of downtown to nowhere in particular on the other side of downtown. That makes it useful for only a select few people in the downtown area. I'm all for having the streetcar in principle, but it is severely hamstrung by the route.
Amazing Streetcars 👌
I stay here.....YES
Money scamming people 😂😂😂
It's a waste of money for numerous reasons as stated by others. It's also rough on the suspension of your car when you have to drive over the tracks all the time.
The Milk toast mayors trolly follow in his little land of make believe. Waste of time, effort, and residents money.
Huge waste of money. Don’t know one person that has used it smh 🤦🏾♂️
Yes it is. I live in Milwaukee
Defiantly a waste
It's big waste money
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Hardly anyone is wearing face masks. Unbelievable. You'd get abused in Australia for getting around on transport or at the shops without a mask but it seems like the normal thing there. wow.
We'll be shut down soon because the covid religion people along with the lying media are working very hard to get the hysteria going again!
This tram is free
That's awesome.
Pretty much almost every streetcar is now:)
And it’s still usually empty
Nothing is free. Someone has to pay. In this case Milwaukee taxpayers!
@@dmwojtczak Nope, most streetcars are free now, Milwaukee is one of them, nobody needs to pay as it is funded by the transportation board
Colossal waste of money
Yes it is a waste!!!!
I stay here.....YES