Trans Finance and Policy Comm Testimony
Category Archive: Highway Reform
Jun
06
Highway 23 Complaint
2011-06-02 Complaint (4)
Apr
13
Urban Freeway Gone and City Breathes Again
The Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project is an amazing story – tearing down a busy, elevated freeway, re-daylighting the river that had been buried beneath it, and creating a spectacular downtown green space, all in under two and a half years. Read the history of this project in downtown Seoul……
Feb
01
Smart Growth America’s Smart Transportation for Wisconsin
Smart Growth America has profiled Wisconsin’s transportation spending and made a series of recommendations for Wisconsin for Smart Transportation investments in the state. Former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening submitted the report which links investments in transit to growth in the economy to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Highlights of the report include: Spending more on repair …
Feb
01
Wisconsin Smart Transportation: Save Money and Grow the Economy
SGA WI Transportation paper
Nov
09
Transit Investments from Stimulus Generate More Jobs per Dollar than Highway Projects
From Smart Growth America Updated with latest numbers released 2/9/10 covering up to 12/31/09. The latest data on stimulus spending show that funds spent on public transportation were a more effective job creator than stimulus funds spent on highways. Through the end of 2009, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) investments in public transportation produced …
Sep
13
Highway Reform
1000 Friends of Wisconsin works to ensure that Wisconsin stops building highway projects that waste taxpayer dollars and unnecessarily harm communities and residents’ quality of life. Highways are an integral part of our state’s transportation network. Yet, too often, politics and profits drive highway projects that result in out-of-control spending, lost farmland and natural areas, …
