News & Blog
Posts from the Wisconsin Transit Riders Alliance.
- Amtrak’s plans to restore passenger rail in Madison are on track — April 16, 2026
- 3 state-level parking reform efforts to watch — February 27, 2026
- Electric buses are passing a brutal cold-weather test in Wisconsin — February 24, 2026
- Annual Meeting March 14 — January 28, 2026
- How Riders Saved the SMRT Bus: A Grassroots Transit Victory in Southwest Wisconsin — January 12, 2026
- Opinion: One Less Lane Ought To Fix It — December 2, 2025
- Rosa Parks Refuses to Move: On This Day, December 1 — December 1, 2025
- Will Wisconsin Get on Board with Fast and Fare-Free Transit? — November 23, 2025
- For Better Public Transit, We Need Better Stories — October 29, 2025
- Report: A Third of Americans Can’t Rely On Cars — And 16 Million Have No Access At All — October 2, 2025
- Free to Ride — September 1, 2025
- The next reauthorization is an opportunity to get rural transit right — July 9, 2025
- RYDE Racine: 49% surge in ridership signals comeback for public transit — April 8, 2025
- Intercity Bus Service: Reforms Needed for Better Service for Rural America; Value for U.S. Taxpayers — March 14, 2025
- Transit Equity Day highlights the need for transit in rural communities — February 4, 2025
- Bridging Divides: The Crucial Role of Collaboration in Highway Removal — November 22, 2024
- Public Transit is Essential — We Need to Fund It Now — October 9, 2024
- Imagining a Week Without Driving — September 14, 2024
- Ask Your Legislators to Participate in “Week Without Driving” — August 27, 2024
- Don’t Forget About Non-Drivers in Rural America — August 23, 2024
- When transit riders refuse to just sit back — July 9, 2024
- New Amtrak Borealis Train Has 8 Stops in Wisconsin — June 17, 2024
- We Need Public Transit Everywhere, Not Just Big Cities — February 7, 2024
- WHAT IF … WE HAD THE RIGHT TO PUBLIC TRANSPORT? — January 22, 2024
- Wisconsin Wins Grants To Study Five New or Expanded Rail Routes — December 6, 2023
- Better Transit, Better Traffic, Better Planet — July 29, 2023
- Save the Bus in Milwaukee — May 5, 2023
- April 4 – WTRA Transit Talk – Predatory Microtransit — March 18, 2023
- Funding Transit Would Make Wisconsin More Welcoming — March 8, 2023
- February 2023 updates — February 15, 2023
- A Resolution that February 4, 2023 is TRANSIT EQUITY DAY — January 28, 2023
- Wisconsin’s population is trending older. Where will non-drivers find transportation? — January 11, 2023
- “Transit Equity Day” recognized in Wisconsin — February 6, 2022
- Improving transportation for Wisconsin non-drivers – Online Application — January 24, 2022
- Rural Communities Need Better Transportation Policy — September 27, 2021
- WisDOT working to improve transportation for Wisconsin’s non-drivers — June 29, 2020
- Lessons from the previous stimulus and recommendations for the future — Transportation for America and Smart Growth America — April 22, 2020
- STUDY FINDS PUBLIC TRANSIT, WALKING AND BIKING OPTIONS COULD HELP KEEP MILLENNIALS IN WISCONSIN — May 18, 2019
- Survival Coalition 2019-2021 Transportation Budget Priorities — January 31, 2019
- How Do We Plan for Transit? by Jackie Eastwood of the La Crosse Area Planning Committee (LAPC) — May 1, 2018
- Transportation Alternatives in the La Crosse Area — March 31, 2018
- Keith Lee: Transit plays key role in Wisconisn — January 17, 2016
- Possible Transit Partnership Between County and City — September 4, 2015
- Wisconsin’s 2015-17 Biennial Transportation Budget — August 22, 2015
- Free bus service available between downtown [Green Bay] and Lambeau — July 23, 2015
- An investigation of one city’s addiction to megahighways — July 22, 2015
- Milwaukee County bus drivers to strike Wednesday after 11th-hour negotiations fail — June 30, 2015
- Univ. of Georgia Transit Officials Considering Purchase of Electric Buses — June 30, 2015
- Legal challenge to traffic forecasting key to highway projects — June 29, 2015
- CTAA Announces Important New Partnership with Enterprise Rideshare — June 16, 2015
- New Tech & Tools Make Car-Free Living Easier — June 13, 2015
- Stevens Point Transit Summer Transit Program – Youth Ride the City Bus Free — June 12, 2015
- Perceptions of Transit in 2014 — June 10, 2015
- “Driving Wisconsin’s Brain Drain” — May 21, 2014