WisBusiness: KRM planner spars with rail skeptic over financial projections, economic impact
By David A. Wise
WisBusiness.com
Transit experts expressed divergent views on the cost and benefits of a proposed Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail link during a discussion before the Independent Business Association of Wisconsin in Milwaukee today.
Thomas A. Rubin of the Reason Foundation, a Libertarian think tank, and Kenneth Yunker, deputy director of the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, who assisted in the...
WisBusiness: Chance to host Olympic cycling a sign of state’s bicycling tradition, Doyle says
By WisBusiness Staff
Olympic spirit could be coming to Wisconsin if Chicago is chosen as the venue for the 2016 Olympics.
Gov. Jim Doyle announced today the Madison area would serve as the "cycling hub" for a potential Chicago Games, and would play host to the road cycling, individual time trial and mountain biking competitions. The University of Wisconsin-Madison would serve as...