Published: December 20, 2010
Tags: Keith Bosman, Kenosha, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail, Khaligian, KRM, Metra, Milwaukee, Partners in Design, Rail, Ron Iwen, Sparti's Gyros, station, Thomas O'Connell, train
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By Marie Rohde The renovation of Kenosha’s train station, the last stop on the Chicago Metra line and what commuter train planners want to be a part of a new connection to Milwaukee, is almost complete. “We’re looking at finishing it by the end of January,” said Ron Iwen, Kenosha’s transit director, of the new [...]
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 [...]
Published: June 17, 2010
Tags: Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail, KRM, Lee Holloway, Michael Mayo, Milwaukee County bus system, Milwaukee County Regional Transit Authority, Ostby, Southeast Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Yunker
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By Sean Ryan Local supporters of the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail project are divided as Milwaukee County officials try to delay project engineering. The Southeast Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority within a week will apply for federal approval to begin engineering the estimated $232.7 million rail project. But Milwaukee County RTA representatives are asking federal officials to [...]
Published: June 4, 2010
Tags: Americans for Prosperity, Federal Transit Administration, grant, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail, Kerry Thomas, KRM, Linda Valentine, Mantes, Mark Block, Southeastern Regional Transit Authority, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Transit Now, Yunker
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By Sean Ryan Proposed changes to the judging of construction grant applications would give commuter rail in southeastern Wisconsin a less obstructed path to federal money. But rail opponents argue projects such as the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter line are not worth the money, regardless of how the Federal Transit Administration ranks grant applications. “I think that [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Published: January 5, 2010
Tags: grant, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail, Mayo, Southeastern Regional Transit Authority, Southeastern Wisconsin Coalition for Transit, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, state Legislature, tax, Thomas, Transit Now, Yunker
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By Sean Ryan Timing and money are confusing the board in charge of building the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail. For the project to begin, the Southeastern Regional Transit Authority needs the state to approve new legislation and the federal government to approve grants for commuter rail construction. Without a state law letting local governments create new [...]
Published: October 30, 2009
Tags: Environmental Protection Agency, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail, Somers, sprawl, train station
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By Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com The town of Somers had a plan: Commuter rail runs through town, a train station gets built north of 12th Street and up pops 100 acres of apartments, shops and restaurants. But where Somers welcomes the promise of development, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency spots the threat of sprawl from train [...]
Published: September 8, 2009
Tags: Chicago, Federal Transit Authority, Gov. Jim Doyle, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail
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Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Consensus on transit in southeastern Wisconsin is the key that could unlock federal grants for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter-rail project. The region has not found that key, but Gov. Jim Doyle on Tuesday nudged area leaders toward intensifying the search. “One of the real important criteria that the federal government is looking at,” [...]
Published: May 1, 2009
Tags: Joint Committee on Finance, Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail, Racine Area Manufacturers and Commerce, Regional Transit Authority
Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com Southeast Wisconsin and Dane County would be able to raise taxes to pay for transit projects under a Friday morning vote by the state Joint Committee on Finance. But the committee rejected creating a Fox Valley Regional Transit Authority and did not vote to allow new RTAs in other areas of the [...]
