2023 Wisconsin Comprehensive Plan and Local Land Regulations Inventory Repor

Wisconsin Comprehensive Plan and Local Land Regulations Inventory Report 2023

by admin in Land Use, News, Resources

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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Wisconsin Bike Fed Guide - How National Avenue's Redesign Benefits Everyone

Designing for All Road Users on Milwaukee’s National Avenue – Wisconsin Bike Fed Guide

by admin in Biking&Walking, Complete Streets, News, Resources, Transportation

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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Wisconsin Climate Table

New Tool Kit for Equity & Justice in Local Climate Action Planning released

by admin in Climate Change, Environmental Justice, News, Resources

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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Community Connectors

Community Connectors: Tools for advocates

by admin in News, Resources, Transportation, Transportation Equity

Transportation for America’s Community Connectors portal provides tools and information for advocates to decode the complex and confusing maze of programs, acronyms, and decision points that determine what gets built with federal and state transportation dollars. Who actually chooses how federal transportation dollars get spent? Did you know USDOT has almost no say on the divisive new […]

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Report Shows Wisconsin Conservation Funding Down Even as Outdoor Recreation Rises

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Read the Report: This Land is Our Land – The Past and Future of Conservation Funding in Wisconsin The Wisconsin Policy Forum released an in-depth report on the state of conservation funding in Wisconsin. The report lays out a range of options for how Wisconsin might better fund conservation efforts. Some key takeaways:

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