[milwaukee-electric] Re: milwaukee bus fares in 1969

[Ken and Tracie]

A Belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, John.
I apologize for my delay in replying.

I need to check, but I believe the adult fare during 1969 was a quarter. Transfers were free, but had a time limit. There were "zone fares", which you paid beyond certain locations on some lines. I need to check and see if I have a 1969 transit map, which shows where the zone boundaries were located. 

You would pay your base fare and obtain a transfer, if necessary, upon entering a bus. Then you would pay the supplemental zone fare upon exiting after the bus entered an outer zone.

I am cc-ing this to the Milwaukee Electric discussion list to see if somebody can provide definitive answers.

Regards,

K.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Vorhaus 
  To: ktjosephson at embarqmail.com 
  Sent: Friday, December 24, 2010 10:42 AM
  Subject: milwaukee bus fares in 1969


  Hi there. Any idea how much it would've cost to ride a bus from the near Milwaukee suburbs to a downtown main bus station in 1969? Research question for a novel. Thanks. -jv

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