MCTS bus given all clear after suspicious item reported
By FOX6 News Digital Team
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Police near 54th and Burnham in West Allis
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee County Transit System bus has been given the all clear after a suspicious item was reported, according to MCTS.
FOX6 News at the scene near 54th and Burnham spotted Milwaukee County sheriff s deputies and West Allis police.
Officials said a passenger reported the item and, as a precaution, MCTS dispatch notified West Allis police. Police searched the bus, giving it the all-clear.
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The Milwaukee County Transit System has awarded a contract to Nova Bus, a North American transportation manufacturer that’s part of the Volvo Group, to produce up to 15 all-electric buses.
The first 11 all-electric buses will run exclusively on the upcoming East-West Bus Rapid Transit line and four additional buses will be used along regular routes, MCTS said in a press release.
The all-electric buses provide a quieter ride, comfortable seating, USB charging ports and off-board fare collection.
The transit system believes the new clean-air buses will strengthen accessibility and improve the experience of riders with disabilities since riders who use mobility devices can enter the bus through the front or back door. The buses also include wider aisles and level boarding via new platforms.
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Anyone else catch a glimpse of a meteor in the sky over southern Wisconsin Thursday evening?
According to NASA Meteor Watch, a meteoroid entered Earth’s atmosphere about 52 miles above the planet’s surface around 6:47 p.m.
Moving at speeds around 45,000 miles per hour, it traveled 33 miles from a point above State Highway 11 between Monroe and Janesville north-northeast to Quale Airport east-southeast of Madison where it burned up 32 miles above the planet’s surface.
NASA Meteor Watch says they found 60 reports of the meteor making it ways through the sky. It was seen as far north as Appleton, as far west of Waterloo, Iowa, and as far east as Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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