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Appleton Transit Center

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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
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Construction on the center by Valley Transit began on September 12, 1989, and service began on March 1, 1990. 80% of the construction cost was funded by the
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system, as most bus routes terminate there. The northwest corner of the property was formerly the boarding place for Greyhound buses, travelling between
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the Appleton Public Library before firing rounds from the gun, killing firefighter Mitchell F. Lundgaard and injuring a police officer and a bystander.
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The transit center is planned to be replaced in the mid-2020s with a new facility, which would also contain a mixed-use development, similar to
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The transit center had been hoped to have been completed by fall 1986. On August 1, 1986 the Appleton mayor proposed a design with a rooftop
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A view from above of the Appleton Transit Center with buses meeting during the hourly pulse period.
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office. Additional benches are outside, where there are designated bus boarding bays in a
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Appleton Transit Center with sign for Valley Transit in downtown Appleton
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Valley Transit buses laying over at Appleton Transit Center
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with free direct line telephones to Valley Transit, and
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United States of America
44°15′48″N 88°24′21″W / 44.2634°N 88.40571°W / 44.2634; -88.40571
Valley Transit
Greyhound Lines
Amtrak Thruway
Lamers Bus Lines
bus terminus
downtown
Appleton, Wisconsin
parking lot
convenience store
Valley Transit
Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Grand River Station
La Crosse
washrooms
payphone
vending machines
Greyhound Lines
traffic
transfer
Valley Transit
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Lamers Bus Lines
Amtrak
Amtrak station code
Appleton Transit Center with sign for Valley Transit in downtown Appleton
A view from above of the Appleton Transit Center with buses meeting during the hourly pulse period.

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