Dane County RTA board agrees to referendum, but not timeline

Published: March 4, 2010
Tags: Bruskewitz, Dane County Regional Transit Authority, Don Johnson, Falk, Jay Allen, Joe Chase, Madison Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, Merritt, RTA

By Paul Snyder

The Dane County Regional Transit Authority will hold a referendum on a half-cent sales tax increase to generate cash for projects, but it won’t say when.

Until then, the RTA has no money, no staff and will rely on the work of Dane County and Madison staff, the Madison Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, [...]

Communication key to shaping RTA

Published: March 3, 2009
Tags: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, David Trowbridge, Hariah Hutkowski, Jeff Miller, Joe Chase, Steve Hiniker, Transport 2020 Implementation Task Force

Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
Steve Hiniker says a handful of public meetings on a Dane County regional transit authority left county and Madison-area transportation planners with one resounding message: improve communication.
“Communications haven’t been handled as well as they could and there are still a lot of concerns that need to be addressed,” said Hiniker, executive director of 1000 [...]