Nostalgia yields travel remedy

Clean energy bus tour set to stop in Wisconsin

Published: August 25, 2010
Tags: AFL-CIO, bus, clean energy, Senate, Sierra Club

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A nationwide bus tour urging the U.S. Senate to take up on clean energy legislation is set to stop in Wisconsin. The BlueGreen Alliance, a partnership involving labor unions and environmental organizations, began its 17-state tour on Aug. 16 in California. The tour is set to end in Richmond, Va., [...]

Twin Cities suburbs to study mass transit links to Wisconsin

Published: August 17, 2010
Tags: bus, CH2M Hill, commuter rail, Gateway Corridor Commission, Interstate 94 corridor, light rail, mass transit, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, rapid transit, Twin Cities
Comments: 1

By Kevin Featherly Dolan Media Newswires Minneapolis — Looking to get their share of transit money, leaders from eastern Twin Cities suburbs are planning a $1.4 million, 18-month study to identify mass transit options for the Interstate 94 corridor into Wisconsin. The leaders, known as the Gateway Corridor Commission, hired CH2M Hill, a global engineering, [...]

Time to think outside the lines

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.

Legislators introduce regional transit alternative

Published: March 3, 2010
Tags: amendment, bus, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail, mason, Regional Transit Authority, RTA, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority
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By Sean Ryan Lawmakers are trying to break the barriers facing the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail project by removing the need for Racine and Kenosha counties to approve new taxes. Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine, said a regional transit authority amendment released Wednesday is intended to let Wisconsin apply for federal KRM construction money by 2011. The [...]

Milwaukee to chase streetcar grants

Published: December 2, 2009
Tags: bus, Department of Public Works, Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration, FTA, Gilbert, grant, Milwaukee Connector, streetcars

By Sean Ryan The city Milwaukee will apply for some of the $130 million in federal streetcar project grants, U.S. Department of Transportation officials announced Tuesday. The Federal Transit Administration is seeking applications for $280 million for transit projects. Of that, $130 million is for construction of new streetcars or other transit systems. The maximum [...]

Americans search for cheaper Thanksgiving trips

By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Millions of Americans got an early jump on their Thanksgiving travel Wednesday, with many opting to drive or take trains and buses instead of shelling out more money for flights amid a sour economy still hitting household budgets hard. At a Greyhound station in Louisville, Ky., [...]

Chugging toward a solution

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 [...]