> On a totally non-political topic... I think I have heard that the trains 
> may have 'roll on' options for bicycles. Roll bike on in Madison, train 
> to Milwaukee, 'roll off' bike and bike around lakefront, visit art 
> museum, festival grounds, then roll back on and train home.

Keep in mind that getting passenger rail service wouldn't just be a way to
travel to/from Milwaukee.  It also means that you could do the same kind of
trip to Chicago (something that seems to get overlooked in the debate on
the topic).  You'd get there faster than VanGalder bus and have more time
for activity at your destination--and wouldn't have to deal with what I've
read to be VanGalder's somewhat bike-unfriendly policies.

(Don't misinterpret this as a total slam on VanGalder.  I've taken
VanGalder both to ORD and to downtown Chicago, and find it to be a much
better service than the agonisingly slow and increasingly expensive Badger
Bus to MKE.  Still, its a slower trip to Chicago than a train would be and
it's easy to get impatient and just want to be out of a cramped bus seat by
that last hour of the trip.)




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