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By Sean Ryan Regional planners in southeast Wisconsin can place an $18 tax on car rentals to pay for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail line. But authority is not enough to justify a tax that could further damage an already beleaguered ...

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By Paul Snyder Regional planners oppose a Dane County vote that would dictate whether they can consider commuter rail when outlining transit strategies. “If commuter rail is such a good idea,” said Dane County Supervisor Eileen Bruskewitz, “then why are ...

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By Paul Snyder [email protected] Dane County’s regional transit authority lacks money, members and timelines. But there is plenty of skepticism over the way in which the RTA, which will govern transit projects in the Madison metropolitan area, was formed and ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Middleton is chasing $40 million in federal stimulus money for a transportation hub that might never be built. “There are a lot of questions and not a lot of very good answers right now,” said Middleton Alderman ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Madison leaders are searching for answers about a new downtown transportation hub as the doors begin to close on the Badger Bus depot on West Washington Avenue. “Putting some building somewhere is just not going to work,” ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] Dane County’s plan for a regional transit authority bleeds a little more support with every question directed at how many local jobs a commuter-rail project would provide. “You figure with a $250 million rail project, there would ...

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Paul Snyder [email protected] The state Legislature’s newest regional transit authority bill (PDF) stokes an old debate between proponents of economic development and opponents of new taxes. The bill would let local governments create RTAs, rather than leaving that authority with ...

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