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City of Milwaukee - The Hop Streetcar
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- Type
- Transit authority — Municipal streetcar owned by the City of Milwaukee and run by its Department of Public Works through an operating contract with Transdev
- Market · Region
- United States · Wisconsin
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware
Milwaukee's free downtown streetcar, five vehicles, operated by Transdev; extension stalled by state funding limits.
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Owns the Hop streetcar: five Brookville Liberty vehicles on a 2.1-mile downtown route with a lakefront L Line, free to ride, operated and maintained by Transdev under a contract awarded in October 2017. Plans a 0.4-mile spur to the convention centre and 2.4 miles more toward Bronzeville and Walker's Point, which a 2023 state law bars the city from funding locally.
- Type
- Transit authority — Municipal streetcar owned by the City of Milwaukee and run by its Department of Public Works through an operating contract with Transdev
- Where
- Wisconsin · Milwaukee
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware
Structure
- operated by Transdev — Operation and maintenance of the Hop streetcar, awarded by the Department of Public Works in October 2017: 18-month pre-revenue period, five-year base term and five option years; contract value not published (active · since 2017-10-10)
- funded by FTA — Federal grant for the Milwaukee Streetcar Lakefront Line (award WI-2017-008) (active)
Who holds what here
- supplied by Brookville — Five streetcar vehicles for the Hop, delivered from March 2018, and maintenance subcontract under Transdev (active · since 2018-03-26)
- Contract detail and values (3)$5–25mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (3)
- ● City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works (as republished by Urban Milwaukee) · Press release of 23 March 2018: first of a five-vehicle order for The Hop leaves Brookville Equipment Corp. in Pennsylvania, 67-foot, 83,000-pound vehicle. The city's own site returns HTTP 403, so the release is read from its republication. (published 2018-03-23 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Transdev North America · Transdev Wins Milwaukee Streetcar Operating Contract, 10 October 2017: the City's Department of Public Works awarded an 18-month pre-revenue period plus a five-year revenue service base term plus five option years; Brookville subcontracted for maintenance. Contract value not stated. No later extension notice was found. (published 2017-10-10 · checked 2026-10-07)
- ● USAspending.gov (FTA award record) · Federal award WI-2017-008 to the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Streetcar Lakefront Line: $14,058,639 obligated; signed 23 May 2017; period ended 29 January 2024; awarding office FTA Region 5. FTA's own page returns HTTP 403. (published 2024-02-05 · checked 2026-10-07)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hop Lakefront Line extension | In execution | $5–25m |
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- Procurement structure
- Published contacts (2)
- Award history (3)
Full detail withheld: 3 fields. In the United States edition · See a fully open example
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