Ryde Racine

RYDE Racine
A Ryde Racine bus at the downtown transit center
Founded1883
Headquarters1900 Kentucky Street
Racine, Wisconsin
Service areaCity of Racine and suburbs
Service typeBus service
Routes9
Hubs1
Chief executiveTrevor Jung
Websiteryderacine.com

RYDE Racine is a public transportation agency, operated by the city, serving the city of Racine and villages of Mount Pleasant, Caledonia, and Yorkville in southeastern Wisconsin.

History

A Belle Urban System bus in 2011

The city-owned transit system, which is also a member of the Southeast Wisconsin Transit System, maintains a fleet of buses operating on nine bus routes. The city also provides paratransit services, branded as Dial A Ride Transportation (DART).[1]

In November 2010, First Transit replaced Professional Transit Management of Racine as the company to manage the city's bus system.[2] 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.[3]

Ridership

Ridership Change over previous year
2013[4] 1,395,324 n/a
2014[5] 1,474,670 Increase5.69%
2015[6] 1,364,547 Decrease7.47%
2016[7] 1,257,983 Decrease7.81%
2017[8] 1,211,699 Decrease3.68%
2018[9] 1,160,864 Decrease4.2%
2019[10] 1,041,115 Decrease10.32%
2020[11] 681,778 Decrease34.51%
2021[12] 518,515 Decrease23.9%
2022[13] 618,997 Increase19.4%
2023[14] 1,037,031 Increase40.32%

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.cityofracine.org/RydeRacine/Paratransit/ Paratransit Dial A Ride Transportation (DART)
  2. ^ "City looking for new transit management". Racine Journal Times. October 29, 2010. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  3. ^ Leary, Patrick (June 13, 2017). "City renames BUS 'RYDE' in image re-brand". Journal Times. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "2013 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  5. ^ "2014 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  6. ^ "2015 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  7. ^ "2016 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  8. ^ "2017 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  9. ^ "2018 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  10. ^ "2019 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  11. ^ "2020 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  12. ^ "2021 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  13. ^ "2022 Annual Agency Profile" (PDF).
  14. ^ "National Transit Database". Retrieved March 25, 2024.