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How Shoreline Metro runs today, and a few downtown sites.

This is what exists today, from documents. Checked October 3, 2026 (CT). Not a proposal.

Facts about Shoreline Metro and a few downtown sites, including the Armory, the hotel site and the former Wells Fargo site.

Each line names the source file and the line number in that file. Primary documents are linked where one exists.

  • Shoreline Metro is run by the City of Sheboygan Transit Utility, with Transit Commission oversight. It also serves Sheboygan Falls and Kohler.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 33 · primary document

  • There are 9 regular routes plus 1 seasonal route. The seasonal Route 40 runs mid-June to the Saturday of Labor Day weekend and serves downtown, the riverfront, the lakefront and South Pier.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 34

  • All routes meet at the downtown Transfer Station, in the block bounded by N 9th St, Center Ave, N 8th St and Pennsylvania Ave.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 35

  • Service runs Monday through Saturday. There is no Sunday service, and no service on six holidays.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 36 · primary document

  • Weekday hours are 5:15 a.m. to 8:15 p.m.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 37

  • Fares effective January 1, 2026: single trip $2.00, half-fare $1.00 (65+, disabled, veterans/military). Students of the Sheboygan Area School District ride free.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, lines 43, 44, 46 · primary document

  • Fixed-route ridership was 582,212 in 2024, compared with a peak of 679,263 in 2019.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 93

  • The fleet is 22 heavy-duty fixed-route buses (13 in peak service) and 11 medium-duty cutaways, with 28 passenger shelters.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, lines 99, 100, 102

  • The 2026 Transit Utility budget shows operating expenses of $4,259,623 and projected fixed-route fares of $308,000 (paratransit fares are separate).

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, lines 55, 56, 58 · primary document

  • The Shoreline Metro Transit Development Program 2026–2030 (Bay-Lake RPC) is labeled a draft. Its adoption status was not confirmed.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 127 · primary document

  • The draft program recommends an on-demand pilot for weeknights and Saturdays on Routes 3, 5, 7 and 10, launching in late 2027.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 124

  • The draft program prices extending Routes 10 and 7 by three weekday hours at $144,815 per year (2024 dollars), with no added buses needed.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 118

  • The Sheboygan Armory at 516 Broughton Drive was built by the WPA in 1941–42 (52,000 sq ft), is city-owned, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. It was demolished July–November 2020.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, lines 166, 169

  • In 2020 the stated intent was for the land to stay “grassy open space” until the right project comes; it is not a park.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 172

  • The city bought the former Fountain Park Restaurant / Inn of Sheboygan site at N 8th St and Ontario Ave for $3.2 million (Council approved August 5, 2024), and still owns it.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, lines 139, 141

  • The Council adopted Resolution 82-26-27 on August 17, 2026 (10–0), ending the TID 21 hotel development agreement that day. The documents describe the site as “ready for another project.”

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 145 · primary document

  • The city said it will “explore possible projects” for the site. No replacement project or request for proposals was found.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 147

  • The city is the buyer of the former Wells Fargo site at 636 Wisconsin Ave (about 1.49 acres, two tax parcels) for $1,700,000.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, lines 151, 152

  • On March 2, 2026 the Council approved (9–1) a TID development agreement for 136 homes: a 126-unit apartment building at 7th St and Wisconsin Ave and 10 rent-capped three-bedroom townhomes at 6th St and Washington Court. Plans show 30 parking spaces for the apartments and 30 for the townhomes.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, lines 156, 157, 158

  • The draft Sheboygan MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan (Bay-Lake RPC, August 2025) reports that 49% of survey respondents say biking is difficult and 27% say walking is difficult. The most popular trails are the Lakefront Bike Path, the Shoreland 400 Rail Trail and the Old Plank Road Trail.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, lines 194, 195, 196 · primary document

  • The plan’s long-term list includes a multiuse path/bridge over the Sheboygan River from Kiwanis Park to Wisconsin Ave (0.09 mile).

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 199

  • A 2021 technical memo counted 629 public surface and on-street parking spaces in the South Pier District; the peak count was 202 occupied on a Saturday in August 2016 (32% occupancy).

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, lines 183, 184

Unresolved

We looked and could not confirm these. They stay open until a document answers them.

  • UnresolvedA Sheboygan-specific fare-free analysis (ridership response, effect on federal and state operating aid) was not found.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 222

  • UnresolvedThe Plan Commission outcome, construction timeline and final parking count for the Wells Fargo-site project were not found.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 221

  • UnresolvedNo downtown-wide parking stall count and no downtown parking study were found.

    Source: RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md, line 180

Source file

RESULT-transit-downtown-fact-base-2026-10-03.md

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