Politics - June 5, 2009
Downtown / East Side get 24-hour parking areas
This week the Milwaukee Common Council's Public Safety Committee voted 4-1 to recommend adoption of an ordinance that would make permanent a program allowing residents who live in or near Downtown and on the East Side to park for five days consecutively on city streets without fear of tickets or towing.
Tags: Downtown, Parking, traffic, tickets, 24-hour, Bauman, Kovac

Politics - June 4, 2009
Update: The $121 U-turn
Back in April, I blogged about the $84 / three-point ticket I received from Shorewood's Finest, after making an allegedly illegal U-turn on Capitol Drive. Yesterday, I had my day in court. I fought the law, and the law won.
Tags: shorewood, u-turn, municipal court, traffic

Milwaukee Buzz - April 16, 2009
Two Downtown traffic gripes
Today, I provide two simple ideas in the form of gripes that will make our Downtown even better.
Tags: traffic, Wells St., pedestrian, walking, turn on red, cross walk, Downtown, yield

Holiday Guide - Dec. 24, 2008
An early Christmas gift
This morning I awoke to find a combination of things that felt a little like a commuter's early Christmas gift.
Tags: traffic, commuter, snow, Christmas

Milwaukee Buzz - Oct. 6, 2008
Here's why the sausage will cross the road
Mayor Barrett and the Klements Racing Bratwurst kick off the week at 9 a.m. Monday, at the Riverwalk Crosswalk on Wisconsin Avenue just west of the Milwaukee River.
Tags: Street Share, Pedestrian rights, Safety week, racing sausages, cross walks, traffic

Arts & Entertainment - April 22, 2008
Traffic Trauma
Monday April 21st, 2008 - Chicago, IL Just when I thought there were no new ways to suffer I had a whole scenario play out at the end of the day today that could be made into a movie script. The question is whether it would be a comedy or a horror flick. The fates seemed to feel a need to torture...
Tags: Traffic