State Sen. Chris Larson has published his most recent newsletter — one with a focus on the positive prospects for the downtown Milwaukee streetcar line and the now officially dead Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee commuter rail line extension.
Check it out here.
As I’ve written about before, I strongly support the KRM project, for many of the reasons Sen. Larson lays out.
I am less sold on the Milwaukee streetcar line, as it’s harder for me to see the benefits of only a two-mile loop. It seems to me that either you’re “all in” on a project like this, or not. I generaly favor an “all-in” approach when it comes to adding transit options that only serve to put the Milwaukee area on par with most other major metropolitan areas that have made rail transit a reality. The streetcar proposal strikes me as a half measure.
Also check out these headlines from around the South Shore:
- S.M. Author Invited to Read “Seven Miles to Freedom” in Washington D.C. (South Milwaukee NOW)
- 2011 South Milwaukee High School Grad Annapolis Bound (South Milwaukee NOW)
- Family Seeks Answers in Mysterious Oak Creek Biker Fatality (Journal Sentinel)
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The Streetcar project is the most stupid idea yet. But that is Milwaukee….take the feds money and then they will tax us to upkeep the streetcar.