A controversial bill was promulgated 11 days ago in the Wisconsin State Legislature that would permanently eliminate collective bargaining rights for state employees, authorize no-bid sell offs of state utilities and jeopardize BadgerCare. The bill, known as AB-11 The Budget Repair Bill, will also cost the state $46.6 million in Federal transit aid. Under Federal […]
Continue reading...February 13, 2011 by
Fact-checking Abele on transit
Milwaukee County Executive Candidate Chris Abele has largely avoided making definite statements on what he would like to do if Milwaukee County voters give him the opportunity to serve as County Executive, but he has emerged as hostile towards fixing Milwaukee County Transit System funding. Abele has said “Tax increases are the first instinct of […]
Continue reading...February 12, 2011 by
MCTS to split up Route 23
Since December 2010, the Milwaukee County Transit System has been proposing splitting up Route 23 Fond du Lac Avenue on the northwest side. This plan has been finalized by the Milwaukee County Board’s Transportation, Public Works and Transit Committee and will proceed on March 27, 2011. The plan calls for turning the segments of Route […]
Continue reading...February 2, 2011 by
February 2, 2011 meeting cancelled
Due to the blizzard, the February 2 meeting has been cancelled. At the time of writing this the bus system is not operating and many streets are impassable. UPDATE: MCTS bus service has been suspended for the remainder of today. Bus service will resume tomorrow February 3. More info at the News section of the […]
Continue reading...January 20, 2011 by
New study shows most expressway expansion in area is unnecessary
According to an article from today’s Journal-Sentinel, recent findings from the Texas Transportation Institute show Milwaukee as the 44th most traffic-congested city out of the top 50 largest American cities. What does this mean? It means the constant calls for expanded freeways are wasteful. Milwaukee’s freeways are some of the least congested in the nation. […]
Continue reading...December 31, 2010 by
Lee Holloway is running for Milwaukee County Executive
December 27, 2010 by
Next Meeting on Wednesday January 5, 2011
The Milwaukee Transit Riders Union will be having it’s first meeting of 2011 on Wednesday January 5, 2011 at 6:00 PM
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Milwaukee Transit Riders Union opens message board
In order to better network with Milwaukee area bus riders, we are opening a message board at www.forum.transitridersunion.org. We hope that this message board will become a place for concerned people to network about the future of transit in the region, the current state of regional transit and ways to make it better. Registration is […]
Continue reading...December 10, 2010 by
Talgo pulls out of Milwaukee
Talgo will leave Milwaukee for good and with it the promise of hundereds of good-paying jobs to the fourth-poorest city in America.
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