Statement: Rethink 794 Campaign Hosts Webinar, Revealing New Renderings Webinar on October 19 shows new boulevard concept for I-794 in Milwaukee and makes the argument for reimagining the corridor Grassroots activists have been pushing for an at-grade boulevard study for the I-794 corridor. After many meetings and conversations with Milwaukee residents and elected officials, the […]
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This week our Rethink 794 campaign received a ton of positive press including a front page article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel! It was also featured in the Milwaukee Business Journal and Gregg, our Transportation Policy Director, spoke on WTMJ yesterday to promote the idea. Our campaign was inspired by movements around the country to replace downtown highways with at-grade boulevards. In Milwaukee, I-794 […]
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Gregg was recently quoted on the Planetizen site: Transit Activists Call on Wisconsin Leaders To Reject Car-Centric Planning Gregg May, transportation policy director for 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, agrees. “We have almost no state funding for walking and biking. We fund transit 10% less than we did in 2006 when adjusted for inflation and it’s created […]
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Gregg was quoted on the following news sites following the Transit Equity Day Press Release: CBS 58: “On this day, we celebrate not only her act of resistance, but the rights for all to have affordable and efficient public transit,” 1,000 Friends of Wisconsin Transportation Policy Director Gregg May said. NBC 15: “We celebrate not only […]
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As the summer starts to come to a close, 1000 Friends felt it was important to revisit the final State budget which passed in early July. This budget will impact everyone in the state for the next two years. Unfortunately, this budget will continue our unsustainable transportation policies that have left local roads and transit […]
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#2 – City of Racine – Embracing Commuter Rail Racine’s City Council remains committed to the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee (KRM) commuter rail line more than a decade after efforts were ended by the legislature. The City of Racine recognizes that climate change is a growing threat to their Lake Michigan fronting community and that commuter rail could […]
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