Scenic Mississippi Regional Transit
Scenic Mississippi Regional Transit or SMRT is a commuter bus system serving the Driftless Area of Wisconsin. It provides four routes which serve Crawford County, La Crosse County, Monroe County and Vernon County. It was recognized by Wisconsin Rural Partners as one of Wisconsin’s Top Rural Development Initiatives in 2017.
Services
The transit system operates four routes. Each route runs 3 times per day, except the yellow route, which operates 4 times per day. There is no service on weekends.The routes are as follows:- Blue Route: La Crosse - Viroqua
- Green Route: La Crosse - Tomah
- Red Route: La Crosse - Prairie du Chien
- Yellow Route: La Crosse - Viroqua
Communities Served
- Crawford County
- *De Soto
- *Ferryville
- *Lynxville
- *Prairie du Chien
- La Crosse County
- *La Crosse
- *West Salem
- Monroe County
- *Sparta
- *Tomah
- Vernon County
- *Coon Valley
- *Genoa
- *Stoddard
- *Viroqua
- *Westby
Ridership
| Ridership | Change over previous year | |
| 2013 | 13,013 | n/a |
| 2014 | 18,100 | 39.09% |
| 2015 | 19,223 | 6.2% |
| 2016 | 20,848 | 8.45% |
| 2017 | 19,571 | 6.13% |
| 2018 | 21,303 | 8.85% |
| 2019 | 20,585 | 3.37% |