Be Safe: Milwaukee Offers Free Bus Rides New Year's Eve

MILWAUKEE COUNTY, WI -- Brewer MillerCoors is partnering with the Milwaukee County Transit System and Beer Capitol Distributing to help residents and visitors celebrate New Year’s Eve safely in the Metro Milwaukee area.

Miller Lite Free Rides will provide safe and free rides on all MCTS routes starting at 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 31 until end of regular service. Several popular bus routes – GreenLine, BlueLine, Routes 14, 15, 19, 27, 30/30X – will have extended service until 4 a.m. The GoldLine will extend service to Brookfield Square Mall until 3 a.m.

Miller Lite Free Rides has provided more than 544,000 safe rides to residents and visitors of Milwaukee since the program began locally in 1988.

“Miller Lite Free Rides is an important holiday tradition in southeast Wisconsin,” said Chris Abele, Milwaukee County Executive in a prepared statement. “Anyone heading out to ring in the New Year can count on MCTS to be their designated driver.”

Free Rides will also be offered on New Year’s Eve in Chicago; Dallas; Denver; Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN; and Phoenix. For more information, visit MillerLiteFreeRides.com.

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