Metro Transit has to find a new way to fund itself, according to a draft report by a special committee that has been studying the city bus system since September 2006.
The report released Thursday also says that in order to achieve long-term financial success Metro has to attract new riders, and it identifies promoting special event services and special fares as one of the system’s best bets for doing that.
Metro Transit Service manager Ann Gullickson told the city’s Transit and Parking Committee Tuesday, however, that Metro isn’t going to be able to continue to offer special event services. New Federal Transit Administration rules issued in January mean Metro won’t be running the Bucky Buses from Lot 60 to Camp Randall for University of Wisconsin-Madison football games, or providing park and ride service to Kohl Center events or WIAA events at any of the venues it uses, or operating shuttles to Rhythm and Booms at Warner Park in July, she said.