Governor Doyle announced today at the Milwaukee Intermodal Station that a new Regional Transit Authority would created. Initially, there will be sub-RTAs before being eventually merged into a true RTA with proportional representation of each County. Details here.
The new RTA will be responsible for the continued progress of the new Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee (KRM) rail connection as well as better positioning the communities to obtain federal funding.
When the bus and rail service is fully implemented, this should provide an economic boost to the communities involved, especially with the KRM connection. It should also make it easier for people to find housing-they'd have more options with a greater geographic area available for them to look in, and linkages to employment areas will make it easier to find jobs (and afford better housing).
It looks like at this time this RTA is limited to three counties, but there's no reason why Waukesha can't become part of it in the near future. But will Waukesha County?
Update: Story on JSOnline. Rowen notes that Waukesha is out by choice.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
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