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Category Archive: Transportation
Nov
21
Wisconsin DOT To Reconsider Highway 23 Widening
As a result of a lawsuit filed by 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation has agreed to reconsider its earlier decision to widen Highway 23 between Fond du Lac and Plymouth. The agreement, which was approved by District Court Judge Lynn Adelman, calls for Wis DOT to reconsider a “Super Two” lane …
Oct
10
Who Pays for Roads in Wisconsin?
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Sep
26
Transit cuts put jobs out of reach of workers with out cars
Report says 13,000 more in Milwaukee area will be inaccessible By Larry Sandler of the Journal Sentinel More than 13,000 jobs would be out of reach for Milwaukee County residents without cars, if county officials adopt recommended cuts in bus service, a new report warns. If County Executive Chris Abele and the County Board slice …
Jul
29
Plain Talk: The real reasons the GOP shuns trains
Longtime Milwaukee journalist and now-turned blogger James Rowen pointed out the other day that Wisconsin Republicans have now killed three proposed train systems in Wisconsin. First there was the jettisoning of a plan in 1997 for a light-rail system between Milwaukee and suburban Waukesha County. Rowen blames then-Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson and the GOP-dominated Waukesha …
Jul
11
Beyond Safety in Numbers: Why Bike Friendly Cities are Safer
Authors: Norman W. Garrick, Wesley E. Marshall Davis, California, is widely celebrated as the bicycling capital of the United States with over 16% of the population commuting to work on bikes. What is less well known is the fact that the traffic fatality rate in Davis is also unusually low, at about 1/10th of the …
Jun
16
Fix transportation
The proposed state budget is still weighed too heavily in favor of roads and at the same time hurts local government flexibility and discourages cooperation. Fix this. There is still time for legislators – or Gov. Scott Walker through his veto pen – to find a better balance in state spending on transportation over the …
