Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: Assembly, Doyle, KRM, regional transit, Scott Walker, Transportation Committee
Comments: 1
By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press Writer
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A broad coalition of Wisconsin business and labor officials, mayors, environmentalists and others urged the Legislature on Thursday to approve regional transit systems to ease congestion, improve transportation and create jobs.
Gov. Jim Doyle and lawmakers are trying to find a plan they can agree on that would [...]
Published: March 3, 2010
Tags: commuter rail, Doyle, KRM
Comments: 1
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle says he opposes a new regional transit plan for southeast Wisconsin unveiled by fellow Democrats in the state Assembly.
Doyle said he prefers the version that he worked on and announced in January along with business leaders in Milwaukee.
Doyle said Wednesday he believes his proposal has enough support to [...]
Published: January 27, 2010
Tags: BadgerCare Basic, Black, Doyle, jobs, KRM, nuclear, RTA
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle outlined a number of his initiatives and proposals during his State of the State speech on Tuesday. Here are some of the details:
MILWAUKEE SCHOOLS: Doyle used some of his strongest language to urge lawmakers to pass a bill that would cede control of the state’s largest school district [...]
Published: January 19, 2010
Tags: Bosman, commuter rail, Doyle, KRM, Larson, Lehman, referendum, RTA, tax, Turner
Comments: 2
By Paul Snyder
Without successful bus systems in southeast Wisconsin, there can be no Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail line.
Without a bill giving local governments in southeast Wisconsin a menu of options for raising transit money, the bus systems will struggle to succeed.
Wisconsin lawmakers on Tuesday introduced that bill and threw a lifeline to the KRM project. If [...]
Published: January 19, 2010
Tags: Bucyrus International, commuter rail, Doyle, jobs, KRM, SC Johnson
Comments: 1
By DINESH RAMDE
Associated Press Writer
SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle is proposing legislation that would create commuter rail service between Milwaukee, Kenosha and Racine.
The Democratic governor said Tuesday at a news conference in South Milwaukee that the proposal would help local residents get to where the jobs are.
The measure would be funded, in [...]
Published: January 19, 2010
Tags: commuter rail, Doyle, KRM, legislators, Rail, Regional Transit and Jobs Investment Act, SERTA, transit
Legislators representing Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties on Tuesday unveiled the Regional Transit and Jobs Investment Act.
The proposal, developed by a coalition of area legislators with Gov. Jim Doyle, allows local governments to choose to make mass transit service improvements and creates a pathway to additional regional transit cooperation and connectivity. The bill integrates the [...]
Published: December 15, 2009
Tags: car rental, commuter rail, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail line, KRM, Larson, Mitchell, Ostby, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority, tax, Wisconsin Car Rental Alliance
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan
Regional planners in southeast Wisconsin can place an $18 tax on car rentals to pay for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail line.
But authority is not enough to justify a tax that could further damage an already beleaguered industry, according to tax opponents.
“Car-rental business is down 30 percent compared to the same time a year [...]
Published: November 19, 2009
Tags: Doyle, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail project, KRM, regional transit, RTA, transit
Comments: 8
By Sean Ryan
The regional transit authority charged with overseeing the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail project will get back on track with a meeting on Monday.
The authority was first created in 2005, but it has been on hiatus since September. The legislation that approved the board in 2005 had a Sept. 1, 2009, sunset date.
But the state [...]
Published: August 24, 2009
Tags: bus, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Commuter Link, KRM, public transit, Rail, train
Comments: 1
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
The federal government will not allot money for construction of the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Commuter Link project until Wisconsin governments agree to spend more on buses. Some fear that could derail the whole project.
“It’s kind of long and convoluted,” said Kenosha Mayor Keith Bosman. “And who knows if this is ever going to get done? [...]
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