The Hop’s new streetcar route offers full service and opens concourse at The Couture [Video]

DRILLS TODAY. RIGHT NOW, MILWAUKEE’S STREETCAR IS CELEBRATING A BIG EXPANSION. YOU CAN NOW RIDE THE HOP TO THE LAKEFRONT, AND THERE’S A NEW TRANSIT HUB NEAR MICHIGAN AND LINCOLN MEMORIAL DRIVE. 12 NEWS MALLORY ANDERSON IS LIVE AT THE NEW COUTURE TRANSIT CONCOURSE IN DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE. HEY, MALLORY. HEY, GERRON. SO THE HOP HAS BEEN TAKING PEOPLE AROUND DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE FOR THE PAST FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, AND IN THAT TIME, IT’S ONLY EVER HAD ONE ROUTE. BUT NOW THERE’S THIS BRAND NEW LINE WHICH IS FULLY OPERATIONAL AS OF TODAY, AND IT’S TRAVELING FURTHER EAST THAN EVER BEFORE, STOPPING RIGHT HERE IN THIS BRAND NEW CONCOURSE. SO THERE WAS A RIBBON CUTTING HELD TODAY, AND THIS NEW COUTURE TRANSIT CONCOURSE WILL SERVE AS THE EASTERN STATION FOR BOTH THE HOPS L LINE AND THE MCTS CONNECT. ONE BUS RAPID TRANSIT LINE NOW THE RIDERS HAVE A CONNECTION …