Last month, I worked with Rethink 794 advocates to connect with additional community members and raise awareness of the advocates’ goals regarding removal and its impact. Through these efforts, we’ve brought community members into conversations on the future of the corridor and invited their input on WisDOT’s Lake Interchange Study.
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The Interstate construction mission is complete. By Trevor RoarkExecutive Director “This is the wrong fight. Or, more precisely, it is a fight designed for us to lose slowly.” I’ve been following and learning from Strong Towns for a while now, since 2015, to be exact. Chuck Marohn came to speak at UW-Stevens Point that year, […]
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Join Rethink 794 in the 2nd in their series of walk-roll audits. The group will meet at the entrance of the US Bank Center on the corner of Wisconsin and Van Buren. Participants will embark on a ~30-minute facilitated walk-roll audit, focusing on the Clybourn and Lincoln Memorial Drive intersection, then return to the US Bank […]
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1000 Friends of Wisconsin is hosting a webinar discussion on February 4th, from 12 – 1 pm, in collaboration with guest speakers from Climate Cabinet and Sierra Club Wisconsin Chapter. We will discuss the recent passage of the landmark Northeastern Illinois Transit Authority (NITA) Act, which reformed transit governance and shifted $1.5 billion in annual highway […]
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This month we worked with Rethink 794 to conduct the first in a series of walk-roll-audits along the I-794 corridor. A report of our preliminary findings from event are now available to view. The event took place on November 18th at 12pm and covered a western segment of I-794, adjacent to the Marquette Interchange. Read […]
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As lanes close to begin construction on the I-94 East-West expansion, our transportation policy analyst spoke with Spectrum News 1 Milwaukee to talk about why the expansion is not the best use of the land. Expanding highways is a routine approach for DOTs across the country for trying to increase the capacity of the freeway […]
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