I have to admit I haven't been following WisDOT's I-39/90/94 study very much. It's probably been over a year since I attended one of their public involvement meetings. The last one I attended was held by very nice people who I think are honestly trying to do the best job they can.
But I was frankly disgusted to see at the last meeting I attended projections for traffic growth presented that are obviously outdated. Seriously, my 9 year old can draw a better regression line. So the only conclusion I can come to is that the whole of the last decade is being ignored so that the data (without the last data) justifies the planned expansions of our limited access highways (despite the fact that there's no way to pay for them without borrowing money, something the true fiscal conservatives in our state have thankfully finally balked at). And no, it's not all about the recession. The decline actually started over a year before the markets crashed. The recession merely accelerated the decline, and afterwards the VMT curve is more flatline rather than upward increase similar to the boom of the last half of the previous century. So I think it's important for people to show up and say we'd rather not plan to build things we don't need with money we don't have. https://www.cityofmadison.com/engineering/projects/i39-90-94-wisdot-study Public Involvement Meetings scheduled for I-39/90/94 Study The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is studying potential corridor improvements for I-39/90/94, from US 12/18 in Madison to I-39/WIS 78 near Portage. Initially, 25 corridor improvement concepts were developed. These 25 were evaluated in a traffic screening analysis. The analysis screened the concepts to see whether they had the potential to reduce future congestion on I-39/90/94 and improve safety. Following the screening, six corridor improvement alternatives are recommended for further evaluation. As part of this process, WisDOT is hosting two Public Involvement Meetings to receive feedback and input on six corridor improvement alternatives. The meetings take place November 15, 2016 5 p.m. - 7 p.m., Presentation at 5:15 p.m. WisDOT Southwest Region Office 2101 Wright Street Madison, WI 53704 Excellent graphic From the State Smart Transportation Institute (thanks, Eric, Robbie, Mary, and everyone else there): http://usa.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/08/Screen-Shot-2016-08-11-at-11.35.41-AM.png Reported here: http://usa.streetsblog.org/2016/08/11/court-dont-spend-billions-on-outdated-travel-forecasts/ Chuck Strawser
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