The buses in Madison were filled with more people than ever in 2011, as riders on fixed routes for Metro Transit totaled nearly 15 million, up more than 10 percent over 2010….Leading the way in ridership increases was the UW-Madison campus route including Park Street (Route 85), which jumped 33.7 percent to 330,390 riders, and the Verona-West Transfer Point commuter route (Route 55), which increased by nearly 20,000 riders to 263,452. Student ride totals rose from 2.52 million to 2.75 million, a tribute to the use of student bus pass program. Every UW-Madison student gets a “free” bus pass, but Metro gets $1.15 from the university every time that card is used.
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