By 1916 the Federal Government had begun building new roads and the Standard Oil Company introduced its first “Gas Station”. This is also the year that West Bend Drayage bought their first truck. With trucks instead of teams of horses, West Bend Drayage was able to make a daily trip from West Bend WI to Milwaukee WI. It took all day to make the trip and was only done during the summer months. Many of these trips were made to service the meat packing plants in Milwaukee. When the state built the first highway between West Bend and Milwaukee, West Bend Drayage was able to make the trip year round. In 1921 West Bend Drayage became West Bend Transit & Service Company.

During the early years West Bend Transit has provided its community with the delivery of coal for heating, milk for its residents, public school bus service for its children, and freight transportation for its local industry. As one of the oldest transportation companies in the country, we are proud to have been instrumental in shaping the regulation and organizations that formed our industry.