Land Use

Transportation Connection (Pt. 6) – Neighborhood Preservation
October 2, 2020
It’s difficult to visualize the damage that downtown freeways have caused our cities. For many, these highways have always...
Dear Gov. Evers: Reauthorize the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program
August 28, 2020
Reauthorize the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program (KNSP) for another 10 years. Since 1000 Friends of Wisconsin was founded in 1996,...
Transportation Connection (Pt. 5) – Highways as a Land Use
August 4, 2020
Roads themselves are often overlooked in our urban land use pattern, even though streets and sidewalks can make up...
Transportation Connection (Pt. 4) – Local Ordinances
July 14, 2020
Part 4 of the transportation connection will explore street width preferences, which have an outsized impact on our land...
I-94 East-West Expansion: a Fiscal, Social, and Environmental Mistake
July 8, 2020
Today, Governor Evers announced his intention to restart the I-94 East-West expansion near Story Hill in Milwaukee. This project...
Transportation Connection (Pt. 3) – Lot Sizes
June 23, 2020
This is our third article in a series on the connection between land use and transportation in Wisconsin communities. Check out the first...