Transportation
Public Transportation Services
Bus Service in Fitchburg
The City of Fitchburg contracts with Madison Metro Transit to provide bus transit services in various locations throughout the city. The level of service varies from weekday, all day to weekday, peak hour, to weekend only service. The link below will provide an overview of where transit service is available in Fitchburg, including the level of service that is provided to those areas.
For schedule or more detailed route information, visit the Madison Metro Transit website or call (608) 266-4466.
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2010-2014 City of Fitchburg Transit Plan
By Resolution R-36-10, approved on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, the City of Fitchburg adopted its first transit plan titled the 2010-2014 City of Fitchburg Transit Plan. This transit plan is intended to develop a vision for the level of transit service that should be provided in Fitchburg, allow the City to be better prepared to implement improvements to the system and budget appropriately for those improvements, and will provide a useful tool to the newly-formed Regional Transit Authority Board as they begin to consider the local and regional transit needs of the Dane County area.
December 2008 Transit Survey Results
In December 2008, the City of Fitchburg worked with Madison Metro Transit to conduct a city-wide survey of transit service in Fitchburg. The results are in and short report has been prepared to identify the trends that came out of the survey.
2009 Transit Service Improvements in Fitchburg
** Effective Sunday, August 23 **
Service on Route 44 will provide an earlier AM run starting service at the Nobel Drive/Fish Hatchery Road stop. The first AM departure time at the Nobel Drive/Fish Hatchery Road stop will be 5:56 AM and will reach UW-campus and UW Hospital at 6:31 and 6:37 AM respectively. This schedule will allow students and employees to arrive at UW-campus and UW Hospital in time for a 7:00 AM shift. Route 44 provides direct service between the Fitchburg Technology Campus and UW Hospital during peak AM and PM hours Monday through Friday. This expanded service will provide additional transit options to the Byrnewood, Oak Meadow, Quarry Hill, Swan Creek, Tower Hill, Mickelson’s Woods, and Hatchery Hill subdivisions.
New Route 59 will be added to provide weekend and holiday service on the west side of the city. Route 59 will complement the weekday Route 52 service.
Route 59 will create a new weekend and holiday service between the West Transfer Point and the Fitchburg Business Park located on the south side of McKee Road, west of Seminole Highway. Buses will operate express with no stops from the West Transfer Point to the intersection of Red Arrow Trail and Thurston Lane. From this intersection the route will provide service through Belmar, Chalet Gardens, Jamestown, Jamestown Commercial Addition, Orchard Pointe, and Nesbitt Heights. The route will also continue on McKee Road providing service to the City of Fitchburg Commerce Park, including Star Cinema Theater, and the Fitchburg Business Park. Trips would operate once an hour in each direction, generally between the hours of 7:30 A.M. and 10:30 P.M., on weekends and would provide holiday service following the “holiday service day schedule” similar to other Metro routes. Rte 59 Schedule