Appleton Transit Center

The Appleton Transit Center is a bus terminus in downtown Appleton, Wisconsin, located at 100 East Washington Street (on the corner of Washington Street and Oneida Street).


Appleton Transit Center
LocationUnited States of America
Coordinates44.2634°N 88.40571°W / 44.2634; -88.40571
Owned byCity of Appleton
Bus routes15
Bus operators
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking1 Adjacent parking ramp; 1 Adjacent parking lot
Bicycle facilitiesBike racks around station
Other information
Station codeAPP
History
OpenedMarch 1, 1990 (1990-03-01)

Construction on the center by Valley Transit began on September 12, 1989, and service began on March 1, 1990. It was the first transit center built in Appleton. It has climate-controlled waiting rooms, public washrooms, a payphone with free direct line telephones to Valley Transit, and vending machines. The north side of the building is the location of the Greyhound Lines office. Additional benches are outside, where there are designated bus boarding bays in a traffic-free transfer area. The entire grounds are non-smoking.

Service

The Appleton Transit Center is the center of the Valley Transit system, as most bus routes terminate there. The northwest corner of the property is the boarding place for Greyhound buses, travelling between Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The center also sees service from Lamers Bus Lines. Through ticketing is available from Amtrak; the Amtrak station code for the center is APP.

2019 shooting incident

On May 15, 2019, the Appleton Police and Fire Departments and Gold Cross Ambulance were called to the Transit Center shortly after 5:30 pm for a medical call. After initial treatment, the patient, identified as 47-year-old Ruben Houston, showed a handgun to the response team and began walking towards the Appleton Public Library before firing rounds from the gun, killing firefighter Mitchell F. Lundgaard and injuring a police officer and a bystander.[1][2]

References
  1. Karimi, Faith. "A firefighter is killed and an officer injured while responding to a medical call in Wisconsin". CNN. Retrieved May 16, 2019.
  2. "What we know about the Appleton shooting". Press Gazette Media. Retrieved May 23, 2019.


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