Watch Light Rail Buzz Through Snowy Congestion
Thanks to the commenter who sent this video at my earlier posting about gridlock on I-94.
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86 turbines overcame Walker's blockade
The historic 19th-century building has stone floors, copper decoration, and iron work by the famous artisan Cyril Kolnic. Stop in and walk around.
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86 turbines overcame Walker's blockade
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The historic 19th-century building has stone floors, copper decoration, and iron work by the famous artisan Cyril Kolnic. Stop in and walk around.
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"A little fill here and there may seem to be nothing to become excited about. But one fill, though comparatively inconsequential, may lead to another, and another, and before long a great body may be eaten away until it may no longer exist. Our navigable waters are a precious natural heritage, once gone, they disappear forever," wrote the Wisconsin Supreme Court in its 1960 opinion resolving Hixon v. PSC and buttressing The Public Trust Doctrine, Article IX of the Wisconsin State Constitution.
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4 comments:
Yep, being inconvenienced a handful of times per year justifies it all, doesn't it?
Two years ago, I drove into downtown Milwaukee each day to work. Currently, I'm at four days. And, I see it eventually winding down to 1-2 days per week.
Telecommuting is a great thing and lessens the need for public services.
You berated Cty Exec. Walker and his support for bus improvements, yet in order for light rail to be successful, an integrated network of buses to take commuters to/from rail stations is required.
Ya know the snowy conditions shown in the YouTube video - there is know way I'd walk the 14 blocks in those conditions from the Amtrak station to get to work.
I believe the original Marquette Interchange plans had a rail line built into the plans, yes? I bet there were a lot of people wishing that we had that this morning.
Also, Tom, I believe James rightfully "berated" the future former county exec for slashing bus service, a trend that continues unabated. Don't give him credit for supporting transit of any sort. He doesn't deserve it.
Rail is great. The only way you can go 110 mph in a snowstorm, like the Milwaukee Road did with the Hiawathas as early as 1935.
Our current transportation policy is so far backwards it isn't even funny. And Tom in Brookfield...the Milwaukee bus transport system did not improve under Walker, and is as vulnerable to gridlock as automobile transport in a snowstorm.
To Tom: You forget that many people do not have cars.
Nor is every job in sync with telecommuting.
Conservatives are for choice, but not when it comes to transportation.
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