Day 1 The first week of Dec. brought cold to Wisconsin, but us 1000 Friends staff brought our warm hearts and minds to Milwaukee for our first retreat as a new staff! With a quick meetup at MKE’s Intermodal train station, our feet took us east along I-794 to chat about some of that advocacy […]
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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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Join us for Mobility for All, Reflections from Wisconsin’s Week Without Driving on Monday, November 3rd at 12pm CST Speakers include: Suggested Audience: active transportation advocates, policymakers, government staff Every year communities across the country participate in the Week Without Driving Challenge, created by America Walks to highlight the day-to-day reality that non-drivers face; unreliable […]
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Last week, two cohorts of our Milwaukee Safe Streets Academies conducted walk-roll audits of major project WisDOT project areas in their respective neighborhoods. Rachel Goochey, MilWALKee Walks Manager, guided residents in thoughtful discussion about street design safety. Both project areas, state highways 175 and 57, are just two of the many identified projects in the […]
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