Route 57’s ‘JobLines’ extension into Waukesha County ends August 24

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- The Milwaukee County Transit System says Route 57’s ‘JobLines’ extension into Waukesha County will cease operations on August 24 due to the end of its temporary funding.

While Route 57 will no longer make stops in Menomonee Falls or Germantown, it will continue to provide the same daily service within Milwaukee County.

The original ‘JobLines’, Routes 6 and 61, were created in 2014 using a settlement won by the Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) and the Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin (BHCW) as part of a lawsuit against the State of Wisconsin and the U.S. Department of Transportation over funding for the I-94 Zoo Interchange reconstruction project. This one-time settlement paid for Routes 6 and 61 until late 2018.

At that point, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors appropriated additional funds in the 2019 Budget, which allowed MCTS to reconfigure its already existing Route 57 to provide service into Waukesha County through the summer. MCTS, community groups and other officials reached out to the State of Wisconsin and Waukesha County to see if they would provide funding or enter into a cost-sharing agreement that would allow the extension to continue, but those efforts were unsuccessful. 

You can see the revised route, which runs between the Intermodal Station and the intersection of Lovers Lane Road and Silver Spring Drive, by clicking here.