Monday, April 28, 2014
Why the Zoo Interchange Project Should Be Stopped
Streetsblog : "We won’t succeed in the fight against climate change if we keep throwing billions of dollars down the sinkhole of car dependence and sprawl."
Sunday, April 13, 2014
The flip-side: Public transit and attracting young professionals
Milwaukee Business Journal : "Some entry-level employees want a car, but can't access one. Others, particularly young professionals, can access a car, but don't always want one."
Friday, April 11, 2014
Parking Craters Aren’t Just Ugly, They’re a Cancer on Your City’s Downtown
Streetsblog USA: "Streetsblog recently spoke with Chris McCahill of the State Smart Transportation Initiative in Madison, Wisconsin, to learn about his research into how parking affects small cities’ downtowns. Most recently, McCahill and his co-authors have shown how policy makers’ preoccupation with parking not only hollows out city centers, it also decimates the downtown tax base."
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Spending on roads making things worse in Wisconsin
Transportation secretary outlines funding crisis, hears concerns at public forum: "Despite more than $1 billion a year in road construction and hundreds of millions more on maintenance, Wisconsin’s transportation system is falling behind and facing a shrinking revenue stream."
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