Community Costs and Benefits (1)
(pre2010 information here)
(2011-2015 information here)
Bus Stop Placement (Read more)
Although eliminating bus stops is now officially recommended in the latest Transit Development Plan, the ongoing dismantling of a finely-tuned system has actually been going on for years, sometimes to make way for more parking, other times in the name of speeding up travel time. A recent report of a pilot study in Baltimore issued long after the adoption of the current Plan and based on studies in many locations prompted us in turn to issue a position statement callling for the preservation of many of the bus stops identified for elimination. Instead of diminishing quality of service through eliminating bus stops, Metro should adopt policies of all-door boarding and concrete padding that would service both rear and front doors where possible. Rapid or express buses can skip stops serviced by other buses.
Public Funds (since 2015)
- Kathy Stenehjem: Fund public transport, not highways - Oct. 15, 2017
- The Real Reason Your City Has No Money - Jan. 10, 2017
Economic Development (since 2015)
- Learning From the 2009 Recovery Act: Lessons and recommendations for future infrastructure stimulus -- April 2020
- Metro Forward -- Sept. 2019
- Amazon shows need for public transit -- Emma Fisher - Oct. 26, 2017
- Healthy Development Without Displacement: Realizing the Vision of Healthy Communities for All - August 2017 summary/ full report
- Poor Neighborhoods Make the Best Investments - Jan. 11, 2017
- Research shows the indirect economic benefit of public transportation - April 20, 2015 (full report)
- Getting to Work: Transportation Policy and Access to Jobs
Social Justice (since 2015)
- Justice40 Implementation Guide for State and Local Governments - n.d. (June 2024?)
- Equity in Practice - March 2021
- Madison police officer disciplined over February confrontation with teens on bus - Nov. 25,2020
- Laurie Wermter: North and south sides face bus as well as bike inequity - Oct. 11, 2018
- The Racial Transportation Gap of Madison - Aug. 8, 2017
- The Injustice of Subsidizing Jobs People Can Only Reach By Driving Jan. 13, 2017
Public Health (since 2015)
- Unreliable Mass Transit and American Public Health - John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health January 2024
- Urban Sanity - September 2019
- THE STATE OF TRANSPORTATION AND HEALTH EQUITY - Smart Growth December 2019
- More transportation choices, better health - July 11, 2017
- Active Transportation Forecasting: The Critical Need for Active-Based Modeling Tools - May 2, 2017
- Health in Transportation
- Better Transportation Options = Healthier Lives
- Transportation Reports and Issues from the Public Health Perspective
- Madison & Dane County Public Healh Services Environmental Health
K-12 Education
VIDEO: The Opportunities and Obstacles of Madison Transportation by Olivia Wegner- March 17, 2019
- East side middle school families express concern over busing inequity -- Dec. 4, 2022
- Give every student a bus pass -- Susan De Vos - Feb. 2, 2020
- The Bus Stops Here: For Our Future - Oct. 11, 2016
Quality of Life (since 2015)
- Density Without Demolition - June 11, 2017
- Housing and Car-Sharing Co-ops? An Example from Winnipeg, Canada - May 13, 2017
- Affordability, millennials, and the next Baby Boom - Jan, 23, 2017
- Planning, new transportation systems key to meeting Madison housing challenge, experts say - January 27, 2016
- Will U.S. Cities Design Their Way Out of the Affordable Housing Crisis? - Jan. 18, 2016
- Advocates to City Council: Parking Mandates Make Housing Less Affordable - Dec. 14, 2015