Using The Hop couldn’t be easier. Each of the 5, 67-foot streetcars feature roll-on, roll-off access for wheelchairs, strollers, and bicycles. There is capacity for 150 people, with a mix sitting and standing. The best part is that it’s totally free!

Beyond the Couture construction itself, there are related infrastructure projects taking place on the surrounding streets. Any temporary stop far enough outside of the construction area to allow for safe boardings/exits would have to be far enough west on either Michigan or Clybourn that they would provide little additional benefit from the new L-Line stations already on those streets. We share the public’s eagerness to have the route serve the Lakefront, and look forward to providing that service as soon as we can safely do so. Why not just hold off on opening the L-Line until next Spring when it can be fully open? By June 2018, the L-Line had been constructed except for its outermost section, where delays to the start of work on The Couture prevented finishing construction. [14] The planned opening was delayed to late 2019, [17] then late 2020, [14] [3] then 2021, [34] then September 2023, [35] requiring an act of Congress to extend a federal grant program and putting the completion of the L-Line five years behind schedule. [36] Milwaukee's streetcar 'The Hop' L-Line route opens to riders". CBS58. October 29, 2023 . Retrieved November 2, 2023.

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First of five Brookville Liberty Streetcar vehicles for The Hop Streetcar arrives in Milwaukee" (Press release). Brookville Equipment Corporation. March 28, 2018. Archived from the original on June 6, 2019 . Retrieved June 6, 2019.

Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad – an interurban railway that operated a local streetcar service in Milwaukee from 1907 to 1951 Vantuono, William C. (November 16, 2015). "Brookville streetcars for Milwaukee". Railway Age . Retrieved November 3, 2018. a b "Frequently Asked Questions – About Streetcars". thehopmke.com. City of Milwaukee DPW . Retrieved November 5, 2018. In mid-April 2016, the city invited bids for the construction of the project's first phase, with a June 1 due date for proposals. At that time, it was estimated that construction could begin in late summer or early fall 2016 and be completed in 2018. [23] Construction and testing [ edit ] A Hop car turning from Broadway onto St. Paul Avenue, passing the Milwaukee Public MarketSpicuzza, Mary (February 17, 2017). "Milwaukee Streetcar route construction to begin in April". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . Retrieved February 22, 2017.