Transportation
Four dollar gas
Remember when we thought $3 gas was expensive?
We haven’t had to buy any $4 gas yet although we may have to before the end of the summer.
Mass transit
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel thinks its time for another run at light rail. You can tell by looking at Sunday’s Crossroads section, where we see not one, not two, but three pieces and one blog post in favor of it, including the obligatory blame on Scott Walker.
OK, they had a piece against it, but that [...]
You go, girlfriend!
From Yahoo! News
Brian LaFave couldn’t care less how high gasoline prices climb these days — he’s parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas for a month, possibly longer.
“The goal is to not use one drop of gas for 31 days,” LaFave said, calling it his personal stand against the oil companies.
Now LaFave, [...]
Google transit adds Milwaukee
From OnMilwaukee.com
The Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) has agreed to contribute information to Google Transit’s trip planning service to offer Milwaukee County bus passengers an easier way to plan their bus trips.
Unless you’re a regular bus rider, knowing which route to take can be confusing. This new tool makes it easier. To access the tool, [...]
Mass transit ridership
From the Regional news in Saturday’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
Although Milwaukee County Transit System ridership fell 9% last year, three suburban transit systems posted gains, as did Amtrak’s Milwaukee-to-Chicago Hiawatha line, transportation officials reported.
Among area bus systems, Waukesha Metro Transit recorded the biggest rise – 9%, to 778,845 – followed by Kenosha Transit buses, up 3%, [...]
And we wonder why bus ridership is declining
Man shot as he exits bus.
I’m not saying it’s the whole story, but it could be at least part of the story.
Declining MCTS ridership, why?
Bruce at Badger Blogger takes a look at an article appearing in Saturday’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on ridership in the city’s bus system. Our left-of-center friends have laid the blame at Scott Walker’s feet. That’s a bit harsh, but I agree with Bruce that that is exactly what the MJS intended with this “hit” piece.
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You first
Some one named Chrissie Hynde
took a ride on an Akron, Ohio, city bus to show her support of a countywide sales tax increase for mass transit.
The Akron native and the lead singer of The Pretenders said public transportation is ‘‘what makes a city a city. ’’
When Ms. Hynde starts riding mass transit regularly herself, [...]
A close call for Pete
Thank God he wasn’t hurt seriously.
Please follow his example and fasten your seat belts.
The problem with rail
James Wigderson had a great post on transit feeding off this post by Fred. I’m going to quote at length because it was so good.
The train won’t go to the airport. How stupid is that? If you’re going to have a train, why would you skip the airport when the people who would probably use [...]
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