Valley Transit is a city bus

Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 and paratransit

Paratransit

Paratransit is an alternative mode of flexible passenger transportation that does not follow fixed routes or schedules. Typically mini-buses are used to provide paratransit service, but also share taxis and jitneys are important providers....

 commission operated by the city government of Appleton, Wisconsin

Appleton, Wisconsin

Appleton is a city in Outagamie, Calumet, and Winnebago Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is situated on the Fox River, 30 miles southwest of Green Bay and 100 miles north of Milwaukee. Appleton is the county seat of Outagamie County. The population was 78,086 at the 2010 census...

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The system operates across the Fox Cities

Fox Cities

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 and serves the cities of Appleton

Appleton, Wisconsin

Appleton is a city in Outagamie, Calumet, and Winnebago Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is situated on the Fox River, 30 miles southwest of Green Bay and 100 miles north of Milwaukee. Appleton is the county seat of Outagamie County. The population was 78,086 at the 2010 census...

, Kaukauna

Kaukauna, Wisconsin

Kaukauna is a city in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States, on the Fox River, approximately 100 miles north of Milwaukee, with a population of 12,983. It is a part of the Appleton, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Appleton-Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin Combined...

, Menasha

Menasha, Wisconsin

Menasha is a city in Calumet and Winnebago Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 16,331 at the 2000 census. The city is located mostly in the Town of Menasha in Winnebago County; only a small portion is in the Town of Harrison in Calumet County. Doty Island is located...

 and Neenah

Neenah, Wisconsin

Neenah is a city on Lake Winnebago in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 24,507 at the 2000 census. The city is bordered by, but is politically independent of, the Town of Neenah. Neenah is the southwestern-most of the Fox Cities of Northeast Wisconsin...

, as well as the towns of Buchanan

Buchanan, Wisconsin

Buchanan is a town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 5,827 at the 2000 census. The urbanized portions of the towns of Harrison and Buchanan are collectively known locally as Darboy.-Geography:...

, Grand Chute

Grand Chute, Wisconsin

Grand Chute is a town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The city of Appleton and unincorporated community of Apple Creek are partially located in the town...

 and Menasha

Menasha (town), Wisconsin

Menasha is a town in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 15,858 at the 2000 census. The City of Menasha is partially within the town...

; and the villages of Kimberly

Kimberly, Wisconsin

Kimberly is a village in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 6,146 at the 2000 census.-History:Kimberly was founded in 1889 and was named after John A...

 and Little Chute

Little Chute, Wisconsin

Little Chute is a village in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 10,476 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Little Chute is located at ....

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Public transportation in the area originated with streetcar systems, which operated from 1886 to 1930, when they were completely replaced by buses operated by a company called Fox River Bus Lines. Toward the end of the 1960s, the city began to subsidize the company, until it bought and took over operations on New Year's Day 1978.

Routes

Valley Transit’s operations comprise 16 fixed bus routes, as well as paratransit service (contracted out to a local bus company), which shuttles elderly passengers from their homes to regular-route bus stops and functions much as a taxi service for disabled passengers. The company operates 25 buses between 5:45 AM and 10:30 PM on Weekdays, and 7:45 AM to 10:30 PM on Saturdays, with no service on Sundays.

• 1 Midway
• 2 Prospect
• 3 Mason
• 4 Richmond
• 5 North Oneida
• 6 Meade
• 7 Ballard
• 8 Telulah
• 11 East College/Buchanan
• 12 Fox Valley
• 15 West College
• 20 Heart of the Valley
• 30 Neenah/Menasha
• 31 East Neenah
• 32 West Neenah
• 41 West Fox Valley

Wifi

In early February of 2011, Valley Transit announced a partnership with Open Range

Open Range

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to provide free wifi on the buses to advertise being new in the area.