High Speed Rail Decision is Indeed a Victory Mr. Governor-Elect. Just Not for...
Couldn't help but notice this plastered on the front page of the Journal Sentinel website: Victory?! Indeed… It's a victory for Illinois, California and Florida. They'll get the money to build high...
View ArticleWalker Plan: Kill Unions, Threaten Transit Funding, Add $40 Million to State...
The old "save $30 million to spend $70 million" trick! I would make some snarky comment here about how it's conservatives always bleating on about "unintended consequences", but part of me isn't...
View ArticleFeds Won’t Fund Wisconsin High Speed Rail – Who’s Surprised?
After a year of campaign vows to kill anything representing high speed rail, who's surprised the Federal Government won't fund any projects in Wisconsin now? Wisconsin was shut out Monday in its bid...
View ArticleAnti-Transit Republicans Want to Steal Funds From Milwaukee Transit
Suburban legislators want to steal the revenue meant for Milwaukee generated by car rentals in Milwaukee County: Under an amendment to the Gov. Scott Walker's state budget bill by Rep. Robin Vos...
View ArticleRepublican Anti-Transit Ideology Costs Taxpayers Big
The first paragraph of this story pretty much says it all: Wisconsin taxpayers could wind up paying more to keep existing passenger train service from Milwaukee to Chicago than they would have paid to...
View ArticleJoin Me on Sept. 19th to Kick Off My Campaign for Milwaukee County Supervisor
I hope to see many of you there on the 19th! I'll have a formal campaign press release next week, but here is what I sent out earlier this week to some of my friends & family. You can check out the...
View ArticleMilwaukee County Supervisors need to fund our parks and transit and stop...
The funding problems facing Milwaukee's transit and parks systems are well known and easy to recognize. On the transit side, fares have steadily increased while routes and service has decreased. While...
View ArticleShepard Express editorial about transit off the rails in it’s unsubtle pusuit...
For the most part over the past ten years I've agreed with the Shepard Express editorials. This weeks piece though regarding "saving mass transit" is something that needs to be pointed out. A fairly...
View ArticleU.S. continues to fall behind when it comes to next generation travel tech...
China continues to set the pace when it comes to development and deployment of high speed rail. Is what they're doing a perfect fit for us here in America? Of course not. But putting fingers in our...
View ArticleShepherd Express continues it’s personal vendetta against County Exec. Abele...
Whether it's fueled by a personal vendetta of the Shepherd Express owner or by the desire to drive page views by bloggers who are equally obsessed with Chris Abele, the alternative weekly paper keeps...
View ArticleBusting the “Empty Bus” Myth
I came across this video today that explains away the "empty bus!" myth that a lot of people (like a number of right-wing radio talk show hosts) use to criticize mass transit. It's not from Milwaukee...
View ArticleMilwaukee County Board narrowly approves measure to seek permission for...
I couldn't find anything in today's paper, and perhaps it's not that noteworthy, but yesterday the entire Milwaukee County Board did vote 9-7 to seek state permission for a special redistricting to...
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