Another major business leader in Southeastern Wisconsin is advocating for improved mass transit in the region, including a KRM line:
Ready to go is the KRM commuter rail project, which can provide access to a more talented workforce, a larger base of successful and growing businesses and a competitive position in the growing global economy. Public transit also offers advantages for low-income families, reducing their costs of commuting by as much as 65 percent. This not only lifts a major burden from property tax payers and citizens, but also strengthens the local economy through these families’ increased purchasing power. – Robert Mariano, CEO of Roundy’s Supermakets
I’ll point it out again, but the number of people who are opposed to mass transit in the region is steadily decreasing as more and more people start to see the benefits that a solid mass transit component bring to the overall well being of a region.
I’m also glad to see others are starting to catch on to something I’ve been talking about for yearsnow: the need for Milwaukee to be prepared for the 2016 Olympic games being held 70 miles to the south. We need to be prepared to take advantage of the once in a lifetime economic boom and attention to all that Milwaukee has to offer that the Olympics would bring.
Efficient and reliable mass transit is a big piece of that.
I live in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI with my wife Jen, our daughter Emerson, and sons Carter and Colton.
Commuter rail he is advocating for, not light rail. Good news none the less, and yet another advocate (in a leadership position) in the business community.
It seems to me that the Amtrak just needs a station in Kenosha and voila!
Or am I missing something?