How walkable neighborhoods saved Wisconsin homeowners thousands of dollars in their property values. by Gregg May. Can a highway expansion really affect the value of your property? Under Governor Scott Walker’s administration, Wisconsin has entered a period of austerity with major cuts to education, public services and healthcare for seniors. In spite of this, the […]
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Reason 9. We are over-engineering our highways. The state is proposing to spend over half its projected transportation budget for 2013-2015 on the repair, maintenance and rehabilitation of roads, in addition to significant highway capacity expansion. In many cases, when a road is being rehabilitated – it becomes wider, allows faster traffic flow and has […]
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Reason 8. We should allocate more funds for transit to respond to the increase in demand and ridership. Wisconsin is spending the majority of its transportation budget on new roads, when transit ridership in America is at its highest in 50 years and demand for public transportation is reaching record levels. National Transit Facts: 1. […]
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Reason 7. Borrowing on our future. Wisconsin has taken on increasing debt to pay for new highway capacity. The percentage of Transportation Fund revenue that comes in from bonding has skyrocketed over the last decade – and has created a fiscal crisis. It is estimated that by 2023, the transportation fund will be spending 25 […]
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Reason 6. Why spend more on highways when all other aspects of government are being cut? The recent budget proposed by the calls for funding cuts to public schools, healthcare, and local governments. However, funding for transportation is up – with the majority of the funds going towards costly roadway infrastructure improvements which demographic information […]
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Reason 5. Changing demographics show that young people want to walk, bike and take transit – we must invest in our future and meet these needs. Demographic information from across America shows that young people want to live and work in places where they can walk, bike and take transit to work. Studies show that […]
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