US Hwy 12, the highway from hell, should be an object lesson for everybody
involved in how NOT to expand highways. Speaking of what I've witnessed at
Whitewater, US Hwy 12 did not increase safety as there where two fatal
accidents
within the first month of opening the Whitewater bypass. And it sure didn't
help
the downtown.
DJ
UW-W 2005
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From: Troy Thiel <[email protected]>
To: Matt Logan <[email protected]>; "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, September 27, 2012 8:30:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Bikies] Progressive Taxation Studied By WI DOT
when driving around se wisconsin I am witnessing huge amounts of funds
waisted...the highway 26 4 lane expansion is a joke and boondoggle....for
example..and there are many more....all of these bypasses..how's that actually
working for our economy in so many small towns? insider deals for commercial
land near the exits (this is a huge racket nationwide)..hallowing out the
downtown viability..where much of the character resides...this homogonization
of
our small towns into nothing more than another way station for a
hardees/mcdonalds/appelbies and wall mart world...not smart. And works against
a LOT of the Main Street programs where we've tried to revitalize our unique
small towns. The Highway 12 north of Baraboo is another recent example...wow,
it saved maybe a minute...and has now created an economic wasteland.
I found this editorial on page 12 of walworth sunday online edition by dan
plutchak very very interesting..they weren't even doing studies of economic
impacts!!! gee, that's smart...well..not really.
http://www.server-jbmultimedia.net/CSI-WalworthCountySunday/sitebase/data/editions/207883/img/large/2757818.htm
When I was on the board of the Wisconsin Downtown Action Council..we made this
issue a main one at our annual statewide conference...
Here's a link to WDAC...also, UW Extension has covered this issue as well.....
http://wisconsindowntown.org/about-wdac
Troy Thiel
The Thiel Team-Keller Williams Capitol Square
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From: Matt Logan <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Bikies] Progressive Taxation Studied By WI DOT
“Gottlieb said the mileage fee could kick in after a certain number of miles,
so
those who don’t drive very much wouldn’t get hit. And there could be a cap at
the high end as well. Gottlieb said other states have had pilot projects, but
none have adopted the mileage fee on a statewide basis.”
Capping the high end doesn’t sound progressive to me.
But raising these fees is a very bad idea for a number of reasons:
1) WISDOTs current scoring system is biased toward highway expansions and
does not provide a full economic analysis needed to justify more spending by
the state. [ http://on.fb.me/QyISNZ ]
2) Current plans do not include phasing out the minimum $35.1mil carve-out
from general purpose revenues starting in 2013. [ pg. 2 http://1.usa.gov/PI0B3T
]
3) There is no plan to restore the money diverted from cities and towns
local transportation aid. [pg. 7 http://1.usa.gov/PI0B3T ]
4) When you raise taxes on drivers, they will expect even more priority
compared to other modes at state and local levels. When you give drivers
priority, you end up inducing more automobile traffic and increasing the
perceived need for more spending on roads.
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