Friday, June 19, 2009
Opinion
A Regional Transit Authority must be our bottom line
Michael Shields, Racine alderman; president, NAACP and Racine Democratic Party
BizTimes
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Yes we can have regional mass transit
By Josh Zepnick
BizTimes
State. Rep. Josh Zepnick (D-Milwaukee) represents the Ninth District...
June 19, 2009
Across the Board
The Journal Sentinel Editorial Board’s blog on the day’s happenings as they happen
Transit measures in budget deserve approval
By Ernst-Ulrich Franzen
Journal Sentinel
Jun. 16, 2009
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Budget proposals for sales tax, rental car fee draw mixed reviews
By Larry Sandler
Journal Sentinel
Jun. 14, 2009
Local News
Regional transit authority back in the budget
BY DAVID STEINKRAUS
Journal Times
Friday, June 12, 2009
Opinion Commentary:
Racine Transit Task Force at work for you
By Jeff Van Koningsveld and Jim Eastman
Journal Times
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Blog
Improve transit to take advantage of Milwaukee's proximity to Chicago
Tom Rave
May 28, 2009 4:54 PM
BizTimes.com
Letter-to-the-editor
RTA should be sales tax-funded
Ed Zore, CEO, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Journal Times
May 22, 2009
Mass transit’s unlikely coalition
By Bob Hague
Wisconsin Radio Network
May 20, 2009
Transit plans could see even more changes
By Larry Sandler
Journal Sentinel
May 4, 2009
By Joe Potente and the Associated Press
Kenosha News
May 2, 2009
Editorial
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Joint Finance Committee has made a mess of a proposal for a true regional transit authority. The full Legislature should clean it up.
May 2, 2009
Finance panel backs Milwaukee County transit board, sales tax boost
By Steven Walters
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
May 2, 2009
Rental car tax to pay for KRM line
Racine Post
May 1, 2009
RTA plan a good step toward a rational system
Commerce isn't defined by county lines established a century and a half ago. Transit shouldn't be either. The Legislature and local governments should support a regional transit authority.
Journal Sentinel Editorial
Feb. 29, 2009
Mass transit will spur development
By Karl Ostby
Guest columnist
February 22, 2009
By Scott Bernstein
Feb. 20, 2009
Racine needs to get KRM on track - starting with a Regional Transit Authority
By Roger Caron
RAMAC
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 6:37 PM CS
By Ernst-Ulrich Franzen of the Journal Sentinel
Feb. 6, 2009 11:51 a.m.
RTA must lead us to rail future
By Louise Petering, president
League of Women Voters of Milwaukee County
Journal Sentinel Opinion Editorial
Posted: Nov. 8, 2008
Permanent role for regional transit authority sought
By Larry Sandler
Journal 87, 2008
WisPolitics.com
November 5, 2008
County Buses
More funds needed
Cheri Briscoe, Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel Letter to the editor
Oct. 28, 2008
Sales Tax Referendum
Here's a way to lower your property taxes
By Lee Holloway, Milwuakee county Board Chairman
Oct. 31, 2008
A 'yes' vote needed
Journal Sentinel Editorial
Oct. 18, 2008
Regional way better on transit
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
Friday, July 4, 2008
Transportation system of last resort
Government bickering stalls bus system from going modern
by David Doege
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
Friday, July 4, 2008
Mayo: New funding source critical to buses
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
Friday, July 4, 2008
Milwaukee area must address its transit issues
by State Rep. Jon Richards
Friday, July 4, 2008
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
And the transit debate goes round and round …
Posted on June 26, 2008
By Steve Jagler
Steve Jagler, executive editor of Small Business Times
Boost service, cut fares to save county transit system, consultant says
By LARRY SANDLER
June 17, 2008
Stopping Milwaukee transit's death spiral
By JOHN GURDA
June 1 , 2008
No stone in county mass transit search will go unturned
By Williams McReynolds, Racine County Executive
Friday, May 23, 2008
Journal Times
Connecting the region
KRM could be an important business and economic development tool.
May 18, 2008
Journal Sentinel
Commuter rail link a tool for development
Stronger links within the region and to Chicago would boost economic development and are the best argument for building the line.
May 18, 2008
Journal Sentinel
Road building and transit need reliable funding to serve region
By Pat Goss, executive director of the Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association
May 18, 2008
Journal Sentinel
County needs to take action now on mass transit crisis
May 06, 2008
Small Business Times
Time for balanced transit
by Tom Barrett, Mayor of Milwaukee
March 9, 2008
Journal Sentinel
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Transit at the precipice: Sales tax is the lifeline
Public transit helped Milwaukee grow and go. But unless the county raises the sales tax, its once-proud transit system will continue to sputter and decline.
March 9, 2008
Journal Sentinel
See full editorial