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Milwaukee bus routes could complement streetcar

Published: November 11, 2011
Tags: bus routes, Jeff Polenske, Milwaukee County Transit System, public transportation, Public Transportation Review Board, Robert Bauman, Sandra Kellner

Three new express bus routes in Milwaukee County could complement the city’s planned 2.1-mile streetcar route, Milwaukee city officials said Friday.

Streetcar opponents keep up the fight

Published: October 5, 2011
Tags: Bob Donovan, Chris Abele, Federal Transit Administration, FTA, Gwen Moore, high-speed rail, Joe Dudzik, MacIver Institute, Mark Borkowski, Milwaukee County Transit System, Nik Kovac, PSC, Public Service Commission, Rail, Robert Bauman, Scott Walker, streetcar, Tom Barrett

A trio of local officials Wednesday selected a south side Milwaukee park-and-ride lot to announce their request that Congress pull money from the city’s planned streetcar project.

Despite state of high-speed rail, other transit projects progressing

Published: November 24, 2010
Tags: Badger Bus, Bay Area Rural Transit, BidBlog, blog, high-speed rail, Knoedler, Milwaukee County Transit System, Namekagon Transit, Rail

By Ann Knoedler • New Facility to House Transit Office/Maintenance Facility for Bay Area Rural Transit (BART), at southeast corner of Sixth Street East and 22nd Avenue East, Ashland, Ashland County • New Facility to House Transit Office/Maintenance Facility for Sawyer County/Lac Courte Oreilles Transit Commission (Namekagon Transit), County Highway B, Hayward, Sawyer County • [...]

Milwaukee County shifts to low-emission buses (UPDATE)

Published: August 13, 2010
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Jackie Jan, MCTS, Milwaukee County Transit System, Scott Walker

The Milwaukee County Transit System recently unveiled a line of environmentally friendly buses intended to reduce maintenance costs on many previous models that have exceeded their standard lifeline.

Milwaukee County gauges transit center damage

Published: August 2, 2010
Tags: Advance Cast Stone, Graef-USA, Inspec, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee County Correctional Facility-South, Milwaukee County Transit System, Milwaukee Public Museum, O'Donnell Park, parking garage, Scott Walker, Transit Center

By Justin Kern Special to The Daily Reporter Officials on Monday began determining the extent and cost of fixing the panels on the Milwaukee County Transit Center, one of two structures found by building inspectors to have problems during emergency inspections. Those inspections were prompted after a 13-ton concrete panel fell from the O‘Donnell Park [...]

Light rail could become a heavy topic

Published: March 22, 2010
Tags: Basina, BidBlog, blog, high-speed rail, KRM, Milwaukee County Transit System, Rail

By Jan Basina No one knows if the proposed high-speed and light-rail transit projects will ever come rolling down the tracks here in Wisconsin. Word is it would provide a lot of good jobs, a nice bonus for construction workers. But passengers might also reap some benefits: not rewards measured in tangibles — money or [...]