Madison Metro

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bus transit system public transit agency

Madison Metro is the primary public bus transit system serving the city of Madison, Wisconsin and its surrounding communities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Madison Metro canonical	1
Madison Metro Transit	1
Metro Transit (Madison)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3686320 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Madison Metro
Context triple: [Camp Randall Stadium, publicTransit, Madison Metro]

A. Metra
Metra is the commuter rail system serving the Chicago metropolitan area, operating extensive routes that connect the city with its surrounding suburbs.
B. Milwaukee County Transit System
Milwaukee County Transit System is the primary public bus network serving Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, providing local and express transit services throughout the Milwaukee metropolitan area.
C. STL Metro
STL Metro is a public transit system serving the St. Louis metropolitan area with buses and light rail services.
D. Sangamon Mass Transit District
Sangamon Mass Transit District is the primary public bus transportation agency serving Springfield and surrounding areas in Sangamon County, Illinois.
E. Metra Heritage Corridor
The Metra Heritage Corridor is a commuter rail line in the Chicago metropolitan area that provides weekday service between Chicago Union Station and Joliet, Illinois, largely following the historic Illinois & Michigan Canal corridor.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Madison Metro
Target entity description: Madison Metro is the primary public bus transit system serving the city of Madison, Wisconsin and its surrounding communities.

A. Metra
Metra is the commuter rail system serving the Chicago metropolitan area, operating extensive routes that connect the city with its surrounding suburbs.
B. Milwaukee County Transit System
Milwaukee County Transit System is the primary public bus network serving Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, providing local and express transit services throughout the Milwaukee metropolitan area.
C. STL Metro
STL Metro is a public transit system serving the St. Louis metropolitan area with buses and light rail services.
D. Sangamon Mass Transit District
Sangamon Mass Transit District is the primary public bus transportation agency serving Springfield and surrounding areas in Sangamon County, Illinois.
E. Metra Heritage Corridor
The Metra Heritage Corridor is a commuter rail line in the Chicago metropolitan area that provides weekday service between Chicago Union Station and Joliet, Illinois, largely following the historic Illinois & Michigan Canal corridor.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bus transit system ⓘ public transit agency ⓘ
acceptsFareMedium	cash ⓘ passes ⓘ transit cards ⓘ
alsoServes	Cottage Grove, Wisconsin ⓘ Fitchburg, Wisconsin ⓘ Maple Bluff, Wisconsin ⓘ McFarland, Wisconsin ⓘ Middleton, Wisconsin ⓘ Monona, Wisconsin ⓘ Other surrounding communities in Dane County ⓘ Shorewood Hills, Wisconsin ⓘ Sun Prairie, Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States Verona, Wisconsin ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
fareSystem	paid fare system ⓘ
fundedBy	fare revenue ⓘ federal transit funding ⓘ local government funding ⓘ state transit funding ⓘ
governedBy	Madison Common Council ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.cityofmadison.com/metro ⓘ
hasService	peak-hour commuter service ⓘ weekday service ⓘ weekend service ⓘ
hasServiceFeature	bike racks on buses ⓘ scheduled routes and timetables ⓘ wheelchair accessibility ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Madison, Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Madison, Wisconsin, United States
implements	regional bus network for Madison metropolitan area ⓘ
industry	public transportation ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
modeOfTransport	bus ⓘ
operatedBy	City of Madison ⓘ
owner	City of Madison ⓘ
primaryServiceArea	City of Madison ⓘ
providesServiceTo	University of Wisconsin–Madison area ⓘ linked to: Madison metropolitan area downtown Madison ⓘ major employment centers in Madison ⓘ residential neighborhoods in Madison ⓘ
servesCity	Madison, Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Madison, Wisconsin, United States
servesRegion	Dane County, Wisconsin ⓘ linked to: Dane County
serviceType	fixed-route bus service ⓘ paratransit service ⓘ
usesFuelType	diesel ⓘ electric buses ⓘ hybrid diesel-electric ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Camp Randall Stadium → publicTransit → Madison Metro ⓘ

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin → hasPublicTransitConnection → Madison Metro Transit ⓘ

subject linked to: Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States

linked to: Madison Metro

City of Madison → hasPublicTransit → Metro Transit (Madison) ⓘ