Town Hall Meetings hosted by WI Transportation Secretary Mark Gottlieb

Learn & Ask. Express why transit is important to you and your community Tuesday, May 20 MATC West Allis Campus, Room 117 1200 South 71st Street Click here MCTS Rts: 23, 56, 76, Blue Line. Click here for Parking map

Your input is needed to support transit in the next transportation budget (which is starting with a $700 million shortfall.)

Wednesday, May 21

Our future will be very different from our past. Regional transit is more vital than ever to our economy and quality of life. Transportation budget policies that are essential to the positive economic future of SE Wisconsin communities: • Continue to fund transit from the transportation fund • Restore historical levels of transit funding • Develop a sustainable economic model for mass transit as an essential part of the comprehensive transportation system

Gateway Technical College Madrigrano Auditorium, 3520 – 30th Ave. Kenosha Click here for Kenosha Transit Rts: 1, 3, 6 Click here for SE WI Transit Systems Meeting: 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Secretary’s presentation is at 5:30 p.m., Q&A to follow. Participants can: • Hear the secretary's presentation and ask a question • Video record a brief 30 second message to the secretary and governor, and will be posted on WisDOT's web site. Help people statewide understand why transit investments are important. • Submit comments or fill out a form.

Millennials and baby boomers are creating a fundamental change in travel habits in the U.S.

However, while transit has grown in other regions to meet this demand, in SE WI:

Young people are seeking communities with active transportation options, such as transit, biking and walking.

Transit service has declined over 20% in the past decade. State and federal funding has not keep pace with inflation and has been cut in many years.

Transit use in the U.S. is at its highest level since 1957, outpacing population growth, while highway use has declined. As the economy rebounds and jobs grow, the transit needs are growing as well. Nearly half of transit trips are work related.

Over 40,000 jobs have become inaccessible by transit between 2001 and 2007 in metro Milwaukee due to transit service cuts. State funding is essental. Federal funding for transit is declining, and the local funding sources are capped.

To learn more: visit MetroGO! on Facebook • Contact [email protected], 262-246-6151