CONCEPT SITE: a preview of how the service could work
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Whole County

One County, One Network. Fare-free, with every community linked to a Longevity Hub.

Sheboygan County is one community: people live in Plymouth and work at Kohler, live in Oostburg and see a doctor on Taylor Dr, visit Elkhart Lake and stay in a city Airbnb.

Riding is free. Just get on.No fares, no passes, no cards. Every bus, every rider, every day.

Kohler and Sheboygan Falls

In the plan, T4 (Kohler-Falls) brings all-day, every-day trips. Partners welcome, never required: T4 doesn't depend on any deal. See T4.

Kohler and west of I-43

Core network, served all day, every day, at trunk frequency. T1 (every 10 min by day, 20 in the evening) and T4 (Downtown 8th and Erie, Central Hub, Meijer, West Gateway Hub, Sheboygan Falls downtown) meet at the West Gateway Longevity Hub. Deer Trace and Woodlake are a short e-bike ride or van hop from the Gateway.

Village dining
5 PM to 1 AM. Fare-free county vans to restaurants in the Falls, Elkhart Lake, Plymouth and Kohler, booked in the same app.

Every town by van

Outer On-Demand zones for Plymouth, Howards Grove, Cedar Grove-Oostburg and Elkhart Lake carry riders to the nearest Longevity Hub or T4, and serve local trips inside each town. Sheboygan County Connect and the 85.21 program fold in, so seniors keep their rides and gain more hours.

Hub links

PlymouthHub Point; proposed WI-23 link (Phase 9)
Sheboygan FallsHub Point
Cedar Grove and OostburgSouth Hub
Howards GroveNorth Hub

Hub Points: heated shelter, e-bike dock, van pickup, live screen.

Must-serve stops

Maywood, the Quarry, Evergreen Park, Kohler-Andrae State Park and Love's each become a named stop on a real line. T2 North and T1 South Seasonal.

Shared by all

Partners welcome, never required. Any community, employer or business that wants a closer stop can join through the standard agreement. Each partner pays a local share in proportion to the service hours it receives, after federal and state aid. Every paying partner gets a seat on a renamed Sheboygan County Transit Commission.

Fare-free everywhere, always

No fares on any bus, van or bike in any community.

Getting there

Year 1Countywide transit study with Bay-Lake RPC; T4 runs fare-free on the every-day schedule
Year 2First outer on-demand zones: Plymouth, Howards Grove
Year 3Full county network and a joint commission