Fit and trim

Published: February 16, 2011
Tags: Christ Episcopal Church, Delavan, Harnack, Scherrer Construction, Yunker

Commuter rail dispute threatens project engineering

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
Comments: 2

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 [...]

KRM rolls closer to construction money

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 [...]

Transit authority rolls on commuter rail planning (UPDATE)

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 [...]

Milwaukee transit bill dies in Senate (UPDATE)

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 [...]

Money divides transportation supporters (VIDEO)

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 [...]

Rail planning stalled at the station

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
Comments: 2

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 [...]