Epic Systems in Verona pays for express transit service to their campus and Verona downtown from the Capital Square and the West Transfer Point. The service from the Capital Sq has been phenomenally successful. A month or so ago, the [Madison] Metro Transit General Manager Chuck Kamp told me, "In 31 years in the transit business, I have never seen a route like this. It's only been running for seven months, and it's already standing room only."
This is a fairly common occurrence around the country: High tech firm that are outside the main, cool, hip, happening city find that their employees want to live IN the city, and they don't want to drive to work every day. Many firms run private shuttles<http://www.ssti.us/2013/01/silicon-valley-shuttles-change-the-face-of-public-transit-in-san-francisco/>from the city to the campus, or subsidize routes run by the public transit agency. Of course, the CEO of Epic is not exactly a contributor to Walker's campaign, having pulled out of WMC because of their support for conservative candidates. However, she is a major employer with a growing, successful business in Wisconsin. Creating jobs anyone? And, of course, UW-Madison and the UW Hospital, along with St Marys Hospital (and maybe Meriter?) provide bus passes to all employees. They have seen the value of giving employees transportation choices and also NOT building more parking. Robbie Webber Transportation Policy Analyst State Smart Transportation Initiative www.ssti.us 608-263-9984 (o) 608-225-0002 (c) [email protected] On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Richard Schwinn <[email protected]>wrote: > The ideal people to testify would be employers who benefit from better > public transportation - particularly Walker donors. The case being that > better public transportation means that employees can be more reliable > because they have a backup way to get to work. Any ideas for such people? > ______________________________**_________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/**listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.**org<http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org> >
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