"Madison Metro is starting to implement Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) that will improve transit quality and operations. Current ITS applications being investigated and pursued will allow Madison Metro to track bus locations and give customers access to real time information on when their bus will arrive at the bus stop. While these initiatives improve the quality of transit service to the Madison area, they will only incrementally increase transit ridership. Therefore, these initiatives are not expected to substantially affect Beltline or Verona Road traffic volumes or decrease Beltline congestion levels." P. A-9
If Madison Metro were funded at an increased $6.75 per trip (see above) you can bet they'd design a bus system that would dramatically reduce the need for a new Verona Road U.S. Highway 151 segment. I leave it up to Madison Metro and the new Regional Transportation Authority to comment on how they might use $500 million to improve transit quality and operations and offset the congestion on a 2.2 mile stretch of any freeway in the area. The SDEIS/DEIS shouldn't dismiss Madison Metro so casually and without actual data to do so. --- "Comments on the SDEIS are encouraged from all members of the public and are due by Friday, December 17, 2010." http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/projects/d1/verona/index.htm These are comments on the supplemental and draft environmental impact statement (SDEIS/DEIS) reports for the Dane County US 18/151 (Verona Road) corridor. I've edited these down to bite size quick reads... --- _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
