MTC is the transportation agency that disburses state, federal and transit district funds on a regional basis. Its new policy creates three elements that will help guide funding for transit projects: First, a minimum number of housing units must exist or must be constructed near new transit stations or expanded existing stations. Second, when cities, counties and transit districts plan to create new transit stations or expand existing ones, part of the planning will "address future land use changes, station access needs, circulation improvements, pedestrian-friendly design, and other key features in a transit-oriented development." And third, a new planning tool, called "corridor working groups," will "bring together...city and county planning staff, transit agencies, and other stake...
It's true, as [Rick Berg] says, that downtown Madison has changed and is no longer the locus of all major department stores. However, our downtown ain't dead by a long shot. The area remains a major retail, employment and activity center and the destination of many trips. (Perhaps Monona Terrace and Overture missed an earlier memo on the death of downtown.) The plan is to start commuter rail by running a 15-mile line from Middleton to Sun Prairie, on existing tracks in our preserved rail corridor. An east branch would come from Sun Prairie to Hill Farms, and a west' branch from Middleton to Union Corners, with overlapping 10-minute service in the core. That's the idea backed by County Executive Kathleen FaIk, Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz and County Board Chair Scott McDonell, among oth...
Last week, Madison and Dane County leaders, with an assist from state government, submitted an application seeking federal financial help to build a $255 million commuter-rail system between Middleton and Sun Prairie. Annual operating costs for this system, which former Dane County Executive Jonathan Barry correctly calls "an amusement ride," are estimated at $10 million. Can't drill, can't explore, can't build nuclear (America generates 20% of its energy from nuclear, France 80%), can't build roads, can't build more refinery capacity. America hasn't built a new refinery in 35 years, and we've paid a price for inaction. In 1985, America imported about 15% of its crude oil needs; today we import around 35%. A superpower not in control of its own energy production will not be a superpower...
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Researchers expect that other rail lines can use the study as a template to detect similar patterns. SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) has released its newest research report Suicides on Commuter Rail in California: Possible Patterns - A Case Study. The overall objective was to conduct a pilot study to identify possible patterns in suicides associated with urban commuter rail systems in California. The Caltrain commuter rail system in the San Francisco Bay Area was the subject for the study. Jan L. Botha, Ph.D. was principal investigator. Other investigators included Kristina A. Elmasu and Philip J. Leitzell.
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