Published: March 5, 2010
Tags: Dan Fedderly, I-94, Lake Wissota Business Park, Minnesota, northwest Wisconsin, Ramberg, Stelzner, transit, Twin Cities, Wisconsin County Highway Association, Wisconsin County Highway Association Inc., Wisconsin I-94 Corridor Commission
By Sean Ryan
Quick growth in northwest Wisconsin is overwhelming Interstate 94 with traffic congestion that threatens development and irks highway commissioners.
The I-94 corridor between Eau Claire and the Twin Cities connects bedroom communities in Wisconsin to jobs in Minnesota. But the corridor has no public transit links.
Tim Ramberg, St. Croix County highway commissioner, said the [...]
Published: February 4, 2010
Tags: Devine, highway, Peterson, Rail, Sales Automations Support Inc., sales tax, Schuldt, southeast Wisconsin, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, thompson, toll, transit, Transportation, Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin, Yunker
By Sean Ryan
A roomful of people who spoke in harmony about the need for more transportation money broke into discord while sharing ideas about how to get it.
Southeast Wisconsin business owners, transportation planners, elected officials and citizen activists gathered Thursday to discuss how the region can rise to the multibillion-dollar challenge of rebuilding highways and [...]
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 [...]
The Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Finance Committee on Friday approved monies from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for transit projects in Central Wisconsin, according to a press release from the office of State Sen. Julie Lassa, D-Stevens Point.
Adams County received $38,000, the City of Wisconsin Rapids received $75,000 and the City of Marshfield received $24,000 [...]
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: November 6, 2009
Tags: Dane County Board of Supervisors*, Hulsey, referendum, RTA, transit, vote
By Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
The Dane County Board of Supervisors Friday, on a 20-16 vote, created a nine-member regional transit authority, charged with creating a plan for future transit growth.
The board spent many hours discussing the subject Thursday night and ultimately rejected a call to hold a referendum on a half-cent sales tax increase — the county’s [...]
Published: July 27, 2009
Tags: Appleton, Connections 2030 plan, Eau Claire, Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc., Fish Sticks, Kapur & Associates Inc., Madison, Schneider Consultants Inc., stimulus, transit, WisDOT
Engineering firm Kapur acquires Schneider Consultants
Milwaukee-based Kapur & Associates Inc. this month acquired Schneider Consultants Inc., Rothschild.
Kapur, which has 120 employees in five offices, will have some of its engineering staff work with the Schneider office. Schneider will continue to operate under its company name as a division of Kapur & Associates.
Kapur officially closed [...]
Published: June 29, 2009
Tags: I-94, roads, stimulus, Surface Transportation Program, transit, WisDOT, Wispirg
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
The state is not doing enough with stimulus money to maximize job creation because Wisconsin is spending too much on highway expansion jobs, such as the Interstate 94 project, according to two watchdog organizations.
Monday was the 120-day mark by which states were required to have allotted half of their transportation money under the [...]
Published: June 26, 2009
Tags: Rail, Regional Transit Authority, RTA, transit
Comments: 1
Paul Snyder
paul.snyder@dailyreporter.com
The state Legislature met several requests in creating a Dane County regional transit authority in the 2009-11 Wisconsin budget. But its efforts might not be enough to bring the RTA to fruition.
“I think it’s a ruse to try to make it look more acceptable to voters as long as Transport 2020 continues to get [...]
Published: June 18, 2009
Tags: Milwaukee, transit, Waukesha County, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Zoo Interchange
Comments: 1
Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com
Waukesha County leaders are bristling over a Milwaukee proposal to prevent expanding the Zoo Interchange during its reconstruction.
“It’s very important to realize the city of Milwaukee is not driving this discussion per se,” said state Sen. Ted Kanavas, R-Brookfield. “The vast majority of the zoo interchange is not in the city of Milwaukee.”
Milwaukee [...]
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