Can We Apply ROI Standards to Highways Please?
If we can quantify the returns to the state for an $80 million investment in a sports arena, why isn't it possible, with "big data" technology, to insist on obtaining a similar metric before approving $1.3 billion of highway bonding in the Governor's proposed budget?
Transportation Budget up for Vote on Friday…
Late Update: Most transportation issues have been pushed off until next week. JFC ended up passing a motion with reduced cuts to the Stewardship...
$25 State Bike Fee Possible
A followup question from Rep. Nygren to the DOT about raising fees on bicyclists has been answered in a recent Legislative Fiscal Bureau Paper...
JFC Co-Chairs Plan to Drop a Highway Bomb on Future Generations
...we can’t expect one generation to pick up the load for all these projects at the same time... Unfortunately, these projects are all coming to fruition at the same time... it’s up to us to figure out what are we going to do to continue...
Walker Proposes Rollback of Complete Streets
Governor Walker's budget address on February third is getting a lot of press for the $1.3 billion of borrowing for transportation, but there is...
Wisconsin Road Lovers Stuck in 1990
The Local Government Institute of Wisconsin has a new report out ( Filling Potholes: A New Look at Funding Local Transportation in Wisconsin ) that makes the case for funding Wisconsin Transportation. The problem is that the report they cite to highlight how much highway construction benefits the economy is from 1990.
Passage of Amendment Could Mean WISDOT Will Rule With a Concrete Fist
With polls showing 70% support for a constitutional amendment creating a department of transportation and ensuring that taxes paid by motor-vehicle users are spent...
Stop Wasteful Highway Expansions, No New Transportation Taxes, Fix Local Roads First
Concerned Residents of Cities, Towns Traveling to Capitol to Tell Gov. Walker:
Stop Wasteful Highway Expansions, No New Transportation Taxes, Fix Local Roads First
FOR IMMEDIATE...
Put Our Transportation Problems on the Radar!
According to WISDOT, the next State budget will have $680 million more in planned transportation spending than is projected to come in from gas...
Dear Media: Please Research the Declining Returns on Highway Investments
Every couple of weeks, we hear about a $680 million shortfall in the transportation fund. The unspoken premise being that the projects that are creating...
Worth a Constitutional Amendment?
On November 4th, the people of Wisconsin will be asked if they want to "protect" the state's transportation fund. The motivation, proponents say, is...
Scott Walker Prepares to Crush Wisconsin’s Economy With Layers of Fresh Pavement
If you read the news today, you may know about a so-called "$700 million transportation shortfall" that Scott Walker talked about at an economic...