I understand that you are accepting comments on the freeway expansion that will cost taxpayers $1.9 billion.
I and most (all?) of my community is strongly opposed to this.
Expanding the freeways is backwards, wasteful, environmentally irresponsible and a full-out slap in the face to forward thinking for our future.
It will cost us far too much money in order to keep a dying system as “king,” when instead we should be looking at greater public/mass transit options. A recent report Public Transportation’s Contribution to Greenhouse Gas Reduction stated, “One of the most significant actions that household members can take to reduce their carbon footprint is to use public transportation where it is available…. Reducing the daily use of one low occupancy vehicle and using public transit can reduce a household’s carbon footprint between 25-30%.”
If we are to build and maintain an infrastructure that will serve not only our future–but present–needs, surely public transportation is the way to go. The City of Milwaukee is #2 in the nation for unemployment, is lagging behind in environmental leadership, and is known nationally for its hyper-segregation. As Wisconsin’s largest city, one would hope that the State DOT is considering the impact of its decision on its largest population.
Please do not expand the freeways. Invest in our future - public transportation.
Sura Faraj
27 Jan 2008 | 7:04 pm | Public Transportation, Health, Streets, Bicycles, Pedestrians | No comments yet - Add your comments
Recently, I had a constituent tell me that his issue was something the city doesn’t really deal with: animal rights.
There are many ways the city impacts the well-being of animals though. From the current practice of citing people for cruelty to animals to the potential of promoting the Wisconsin Humane Society’s Trap, Neuter and Return (TNR) program, which slows the spread of disease.
I’m an animal lover and I believe that the humane treatment of our pets — and all animals — is basic to a healthy community psyche.
Feral Cats: No Simple Solution
26 Nov 2007 | 4:57 pm | Health, Questions from Constituents | No comments yet - Add your comments
Bike shop promotes ‘revolutionary’ idea
Bike culture shapes our youth, creates employment, promotes good health, saves our environment and creates community.
1 Nov 2007 | 7:49 am | Health, Economic Development, Streets, Bicycles, Pedestrians | No comments yet - Add your comments
Milwaukee needs more community gardens, urban agriculture and a vital food policy. We can do what many other cities in the U.S. started doing years ago to build community, create jobs, strengthen community health and empower youth. See what Seattle is doing here.
22 Oct 2007 | 10:00 pm | Green Spaces | No comments yet - Add your comments
Check out this website to make your own bike cart:
Community Bike Cart Design
- To design a bicycle trailer that is strong and versatile enough to transport the cargo that you could in a car, but simple and cheap enough that anybody could build one themselves with and for their community
- To distribute the design for the trailers as widely as possible free of charge
- Keep the costs and complexity to a minimum; the trailer costs $30 in parts and can be built in 8 to 15 hours with only a drill, oxy-acetylene torch, and basic hand tools like a hacksaw and a file
- Decrease our dependence on automobiles by making cheap bicycle trailers available as a viable alternative to car use
12 Oct 2007 | 10:40 am | Streets, Bicycles, Pedestrians, DIY - Do It Yourself | No comments yet - Add your comments
a great video about neighbors using art to calm traffic and create a pedestrian-friendly community using the streets and public spaces.
you can read more and see other videos here or here
20 Sep 2007 | 3:40 pm | Streets, Bicycles, Pedestrians | No comments yet - Add your comments
