This tool kit is a grassroots advocacy guide so that everyday people can have more influence over how federal transportation dollars are spent in their communities and over transportation decisions in general. Read the full tool kit. This tool kit was created to accompany the report: Flex Your Grants: Leveraging Federal Dollars for Clean Transportation. […]
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– by Jimmie Briggs and Melissa Stanton, AARP Livable Communities America’s interstate highway system was created by bulldozing through thousands of homes, businesses and neighborhoods. The impact of those losses continues to this day. Read the full article at aarp.org/livable-communities/getting-around/info-2023/before-the-highway-introduction.html
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2021 and 2022 were pivotal years for US transportation, infrastructure, and climate policy with the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Both laws are widely regarded as transformational, as they provide historic levels of investment in areas like clean […]
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Peter Herreid announced the release of the 2023 Wisconsin Comprehensive Plan and Local Land Regulations Inventory Report and the associated inventory data. During the past year, he inventoried comprehensive plan adoption dates, general zoning ordinances, subdivision (land division) ordinances, and webpages hosting such ordinances. The accompanying report analyzes this inventory, with the following key findings: · Over half […]
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For years, Bike Fed staff have kept a close eye on the National Avenue project on Milwaukee’s south side. National Avenue is a major thoroughfare, nearly the entirety of which is on the City’s Pedestrian High Injury Network. It is a trucking route and state trunk highway, which means that the Wisconsin Department of Transportation […]
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The Wisconsin Climate Table, a network of more than 30 organizations in Wisconsin with the common goal of zero GHG emissions by 2050, has developed a new Tool Kit for Equity and Justice in Local Climate Action Planning available on their website. The Tool Kit is a Wisconsin-specific guide to braiding equity into climate policies, plans, […]
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