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| By Jeff Sherman OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writer E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Jeff Sherman |
| Published Feb. 9, 2009 at 1:21 p.m. |
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As cities and counties around the country pass us by, Milwaukee and Milwaukee County continue to drag out, discuss, debate and generally do nothing about transportation in our region. Oh sure, officials throw around ideas but nothing gets done. It's a shame.
Transportation isn't a Republican or Democratic issue; it's a simple, quality of life improvement, like the Marquette Interchange project that we so easily dumped millions into.
I love my car; actually, I really love it. But, I love my city more and this is why I urge you to attend the public meetings on the next phase of the Milwaukee Connector transit study this week. It's not too late to offer your input about the proposed study area, routes, vehicles and more.
The open house style meetings will be held, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., on the following dates at the following locations:
Tuesday, Feb. 10 -- Northwestern Mutual Franklin Campus, 1 Northwestern Mutual Way, Franklin (South 27th Street between Drexel and Rawson)
Wednesday, Feb. 11 -- Milwaukee County Research Park, Room 162, 10437 Innovation Dr., Wauwatosa
Thursday, Feb. 12 -- O'Donnell Park, Harbor Lights Room, 910 E. Michigan St.
Under review is bus rapid transit (BRT) and streetcar. BRT corridors under study include: (1) Bayshore Town Center in Glendale south via 27th Street to the Northwestern Mutual Franklin Campus, (2) the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee south to downtown and west to the Milwaukee County Research Park, and (3) Midtown Center to Downtown and south to General Mitchell International Airport.
The study will also examine a Downtown streetcar loop.
Milwaukee lags behind in the modern transportation game. Visit any large and many medium-sized city in America and you can expect to see an efficient, modern and innovative transportation system of roads, rail and busses in action. Milwaukee has buses ... that's it.
It's time for action, Milwaukee. And it starts by you getting off the sidelines and attending one of these important sessions.
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Posted by mitchgat on Feb. 13, 2009 at 12:55 p.m. (report)
I would agree with the first post... well stated.
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Posted by unregistered_user on Feb. 10, 2009 at 11:08 a.m. (report)
If you were going two miles and needed to change trains why didn't you just walk? When I was living in DC i had just over a mile each day and walked to work. Or you could take the bus.
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Posted by Slugworth on Feb. 10, 2009 at 9:15 a.m. (report)
Mono-raaaaail. "Sounds more like a Shelbyville idea." "Nonesense we are twice as smart as Shelbyville. Just tell us what you are selling and we'll vote for it." Let's keep the focus on whether rail makes sense and not on what other cities are doing. After spending a decade in DC, rail is over rated. People have these soft-focus fantasies of a train that picks them up at their doorstep and zips then into work in five minutes. I used to spend 45 minutes each way (about an hour and a half a day) to travel **2 miles to work** (factoring in the time spend walking to and the station, the time spent waiting for the train, changing lines, etc.). In a city like DC where the roads are congested and there is no parking, you didn't have a choice but to take the Metro. That's a major reason that we moved back to Milwaukee. My communte is now about 10-12 minutes. What incentive is there for people to take the rail? Only those currently riding the bus will ride the rail (and those people aren't the "problem."). Why sink a ton of money system that few will use? Mono-raaaaaaail....
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