Highway Boom, Budget Bust: Are Misplaced Transportation Priorities Wasting...
WISPIRG FOUNDATION Executive Summary Wisconsin’s demographic and transportation trends are changing. But, state transportation plans are not. Wisconsin continues to spend heavily on new road capacity...
View ArticleTop Ten Green Projects: 2013 Winners
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS Top Ten Winners: San Antonio, TX: Pearl Brewery/Full Goods Warehouse The Pearl Brewery Redevelopment Master Plan and the adaptive reuse of the Full Goods Warehouse are...
View ArticleMadison, WI: Arrested Development
Arrested Development: High Density Development VS Quality of Life from Michael Kienitz on Vimeo. This video is about a proposed 3½ story, 29,000 SF mixed use apartment building on the corner of...
View ArticleGetting to Work: Improving Transit Service to Suburban Milwaukee Job Hubs
PUBLIC POLICY FORUM Introduction In recent years, the divergence between where workers live in the Milwaukee area and where jobs are located – also known as the “spatial mismatch” – has been well...
View ArticleNatural Connections: Green Infrastructure in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana
OPENLANDS PROJECTCENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY What is Green Infrastructure? Green infrastructure is the interconnected network of land and water that supports native species, maintains natural...
View ArticleTransportation Moves Wisconsin
Transportation Moves Wisconsin. The state’s multimodal transportation network moves Wisconsin as it has from our beginnings. Important decisions need to be made about the path to a new vision for...
View ArticleWisconsin DOT: How J-Turns Make Intersections Safer
J- turns are located on 4-lane divided highways and prevent direct crossing and left-turn movements. These side road movements are made indirectly by making a right turn, traveling about a quarter-mile...
View ArticleMadison, WI: Installing 270,000-Pound Bridge Beams
At more than 100 feet long, 14 feet wide and weighing approximately 270,000 pounds, one of the new straddle bent bridge beams arrived to the Verona Road (US 18/151) construction site in Madison,...
View ArticleWisconsin DOT Projections vs Reality: An Analysis of Traffic Trends
1000 FRIENDS OF WISCONSINBackground Wisconsin is undergoing a marked shift in how people in the state are choosing to travel. Data show that the number of miles driven in the state has fallen, or has...
View ArticleMilwaukee, WI: Night Work on Bluemound Road
Timelapse video of the girders being installed for the new Bluemound Road Bridge, over I-94, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For more information visit: www.zoointerchange.wi.gov–Wis DOT on YouTube
View ArticleWisconsin Transportation by the Numbers
TRIP Executive Summary Eight years after the nation suffered a significant economic downturn, Wisconsin’s economy continues to rebound. The rate of economic growth in Wisconsin, which will be greatly...
View ArticleMnDOT: St. Croix Crossing Sunrise Timelapse
Sunrise over the St. Croix Crossing, summer 2016. St. Croix Crossing connects Oak Park Heights, MN and St. Joseph, WI. The structure over the St. Croix River is expected to open in 2017.
View ArticleA Fork in the Road? The Outlook for Transportation Infrastructure in the City...
PUBLIC POLICY FORUM Introduction While citizens have varying views and expectations regarding the role and responsibilities of local governments, most would agree that providing, maintaining, and...
View ArticleThe Last Mile: Connecting Workers to Places of Employment
PUBLIC POLICY FORUM Introduction In 2013, the Public Policy Forum published Getting to Work, a report that explored efforts to connect Milwaukee County residents with major job locations in the region...
View ArticleNatural Connections: Green Infrastructure in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana
OPENLANDS PROJECTCENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY What is Green Infrastructure? Green infrastructure is the interconnected network of land and water that supports native species, maintains natural...
View ArticleTransportation Moves Wisconsin
Transportation Moves Wisconsin. The state’s multimodal transportation network moves Wisconsin as it has from our beginnings. Important decisions need to be made about the path to a new vision for...
View ArticleWisconsin DOT: How J-Turns Make Intersections Safer
J- turns are located on 4-lane divided highways and prevent direct crossing and left-turn movements. These side road movements are made indirectly by making a right turn, traveling about a...
View ArticleMadison, WI: Installing 270,000-Pound Bridge Beams
At more than 100 feet long, 14 feet wide and weighing approximately 270,000 pounds, one of the new straddle bent bridge beams arrived to the Verona Road (US 18/151) construction site in Madison,...
View ArticleWisconsin DOT Projections vs Reality: An Analysis of Traffic Trends
1000 FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN Background Wisconsin is undergoing a marked shift in how people in the state are choosing to travel. Data show that the number of miles driven in the state has fallen, or has...
View ArticleMilwaukee, WI: Night Work on Bluemound Road
Timelapse video of the girders being installed for the new Bluemound Road Bridge, over I-94, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For more information visit: www.zoointerchange.wi.gov –Wis DOT on YouTube The post...
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