Published: July 14, 2010
Tags: commuter rail, Dane County, high-speed rail, Rail, referendum, Regional Transit Authority, RTA, transit plan, Transportation, vote
Comments: 1
By Tony Anderson
Special to The Daily Reporter
A Dane County supervisor opposed to the cost of commuter rail wants to put the project to a countywide vote this fall.
“We’re trying to put their feet to the fire and say, ‘Let’s have this referendum,’” said first-term Supervisor Bill Clausius, referring to members of the Dane County Regional [...]
Published: June 21, 2010
Tags: Federal Transit Administration, Jeff Fitzgerald, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail, KRM, Lee Holloway, Michael Mayo, Ostby, RTA, Southeastern Regional Transit Authority, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, SRTA, Vos
Comments: 16
Two Wisconsin lawmakers are joining the fight to delay preliminary engineering work for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail project.
State Reps. Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, and Robin Vos, R-Racine, sent a letter to the Federal Transit Administration asking that it deny the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority’s application to begin preliminary engineering on the estimated $232.7 million rail project.
“It [...]
Published: June 18, 2010
Tags: 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, Cieslewicz, commuter rail, Dane County, Dick Wagner, Eileen Bruskewitz, high-speed rail, Hiniker, Jay Allen, Kathleen Falk, Madison Metropolitan Planning Organization, Regional Transit Authority, RTA, Sonnentag
By Paul Snyder
A half-cent sales tax increase would give Dane County planners the money they need to craft a regional transit strategy.
But the Dane County Regional Transit Authority needs the strategy to persuade voters to hand over the money.
“Yeah, it’s a bit of a conundrum there,” said Steve Hiniker, executive director of 1000 Friends of [...]
Published: May 17, 2010
Tags: Antaramian, Barca, buses, FTA, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail, KRM, Lee Holloway, Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, Ostby, Rail, regional transit, RTA, Southeastern Regional Transit Authority, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Yunker
By Sean Ryan
Planners of the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail Monday gave up on waiting for state approval for transit taxes and chose to apply for federal planning money.
The Southeastern Regional Transit Authority will not get federal construction money for the estimated $232.7 million project without a state law letting local governments raise taxes to pay for [...]
Published: May 13, 2010
Tags: commuter rail, Erdman Holdings, Frank Miller, Hilldale Mall, Mark Clear, parking, PSC, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, RTA, Spring Harbor Neighborhood Association, Tom Jeffries
By Paul Snyder
Parking issues — and its effect on traffic, development and commuter rail — continue to drive Madison residents’ concerns about a proposed 17.5-acre mixed-use development.
Madison-based Erdman Holdings Inc. held an informational meeting Thursday night for the Spring Harbor Neighborhood Association for its proposed development at the corner of Whitney Way [...]
Published: April 22, 2010
Tags: Assembly, commuter rail, Doyle, Julia Taylor, RTA, sales tax, Senate, Southeastern Regional Transit Authority, transit, Yunker
Comments: 3
By Sean Ryan
The debate over creating a transit sales tax in southeastern Wisconsin will be shelved until next year, as could plans to apply for federal money for commuter rail in the region.
The Wisconsin Senate on Thursday disbanded without voting on a bill that would authorize regional transit authorities to pay for local buses and [...]
Published: April 20, 2010
Tags: Assembly, commuter rail, Doyle, regional transit authorities, RTA, Senate
Comments: 1
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Jim Doyle says he thinks a bill before the state Assembly creating a regional transit system in southeast Wisconsin is a very good compromise.
The bill up for a vote Tuesday would allow Milwaukee County to levy up to a half-cent sales tax to help pay for commuter rail and bus [...]
Published: April 20, 2010
Tags: Assembly, commuter rail, Decker, energy, KRM, Rail, regional transit, renewable energy, RTA
Comments: 1
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State lawmakers will be busy today debating the clean energy bill, as well as regional transit.
Milwaukee County could levy up to a half-cent sales tax to help pay for commuter rail and bus service under a bill set to pass the state Assembly.
Even if the measure passes on Tuesday, it still [...]
Published: April 1, 2010
Tags: Al Ott, Assembly Committee on Transportation, commuter rail, Grothman, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee, KRM, Ostby, RTA, Southeastern Wisconsin RTA, Vos
Comments: 9
By Sean Ryan and Paul Snyder
The volume of opposition to using taxes to pay for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail line rose Thursday to match an increase in proposed project borrowing.
A regional transit authority bill headed to the state Assembly now would let borrowing for the KRM project go as high as $250 million, an increase [...]
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: blog, bus, Hot Topics, Rail, regional transit, roads, RTA, thompson
By Chris Thompson
editor
Regional transit authorities should kick in money for road construction even if it makes politicians nervous.
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