The base of the 46-story Couture was the site of great celebration on Thursday morning, as dozens of mass transit boosters, city and county officials, and the apartment tower’s developer, Rick Barrett, gathered to mark the opening of the structure’s long anticipated travel concourse and the full launch of The Hop’s Lakefront Line.
As both Bastille Days and the Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival were underway, The Hop ridership surged, averaging 4,557 riders a day during the weekend of July 13-16.