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From the Acting Director, Department of Transportation, and the Managing Director, Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS), submitting an informational report regarding bus service at Southridge Mall. (INFORMATIONAL ONLY UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE COMMITTEE)
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POLICY
MCTS periodically provides informational updates to the Committee on transit service issues.
BACKGROUND
MCTS has operated service to the Southridge shopping center since it opened in 1970. Today, Southridge Mall is serviced by four MCTS regular bus routes: Route 14 (Forest Home), Route 55 (Layton Avenue), Route 64 (S. 60th Street), and Route 76 (N. 60th - S. 70th). These routes provide easy access to the mall via bus stops located on the mall property. There are approximately 1,200 rides/day generated on these routes. A fifth route, Route 46 (Loomis - Southridge), provides freeway flyer service to residents from southwestern Milwaukee County to downtown and generates about 310 rides/day.
Southridge Mall is owned by the Simon Property Group - which is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Discussion as to the operation of transit service on the mall property has taken place over the last year with representatives of Southridge Mall, MCTS and the Milwaukee County Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW). Concerns raised by the Simon Property Group have included removal of bus service on the mall property before and after mall hours; financial assistance for continued operation along ring roads during mall hours; signing a hold harmless agreement for continued operation; addressing noise concerns from nearby residents; and overall consolidation of bus service during mall hours.
In October 2011, DTPW and MCTS representatives met with the manager of Southridge Mall and representatives of the Village of Greendale regarding transit service operating on the mall property. The Southridge Mall representative informed us that transit buses would be required to operate off prop...
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