Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Milwaukee

How 3 Communities Fought Discriminatory Transportation Policies

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 3, 2014 | 5 Comments

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, which outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. To celebrate the occasion, PolicyLink and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights held a discussion this week about how that legislation has affected transportation policy. Three local community leaders […]

Freeway Fight: Scott Walker Wants to Drag Milwaukee Back to 1956

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 20, 2014 | 7 Comments

The mayor and residents of Milwaukee are fighting a massive urban highway project backed by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Citing traffic congestion, the state is forging ahead with a $1.2 billion plan to expand Interstate 94. One design under consideration would stack freeway lanes on top of freeway lanes, double-decker style. The state says such […]

Milwaukee Protesters Try to Halt Double-Decker Freeway

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 18, 2014 | 7 Comments

Monday night, as the Wisconsin DOT went through the motions of a Power Point presentation about the latest highway expansion it wants to gouge through Milwaukee, a groups of protesters outside the meeting shouted their frustration with an agency that has spent lavishly on roads to the exclusion of all other modes. The protesters’ message […]

Milwaukee Transit Advocates Win $13.5 Million Settlement From State DOT

By Angie Schmitt | May 22, 2014 | No Comments

In a Wisconsin lawsuit that’s been closely watched by transportation reformers around the country, local advocates have extracted some resources for transit from a notoriously highway-obsessed state DOT. Settling in federal court with Milwaukee civil rights groups, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation agreed to provide $13.5 million in transit funding as part of the enormous […]

Earth Day Resolution: Stop Building Projects Like the Zoo Interchange

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 22, 2014 | 12 Comments

Leading up to Earth Day, the New York Times ran an editorial, “Time Is Running Out,” lamenting the lack of urgency in the United States to prevent a very urgent problem: catastrophic climate change. Today, Brad Plumer at Vox explained why it may be too late to keep average temperatures from rising more than 2 […]

Train Maker Sues Wisconsin for $66 Million for Canceling Rail Project

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 8, 2013 | 7 Comments

Train maker Talgo is suing the state of Wisconsin for $65.9 million as a result of Governor Scott Walker’s decision to cancel passenger rail plans connecting Madison to Milwaukee. Talgo claims that Wisconsin’s termination of contracts to build trains for the corridor resulted in $20 million in losses for the company, which has a manufacturing […]

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