Sponsor
Aldermen Hart, Anderson, Coe, DeHahn, Friedel, Helding, Kaplan, Karas, Maack, Shakoor, Shields, Spangenberg, Weidner and Wisneski
Title
Resolution in Support of the Extension of Commuter Rail Service From Kenosha to Racine and Milwaukee
Whereas, the Counties and Cities of Milwaukee, Racine, and Kenosha in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation have agreed to sponsor a Transit Alternatives Analysis Corridor Study and Draft Environmental Impact Study for enhanced public transit service generally east of I-94 in the Counties of Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee (KRM); and
Whereas, the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC), by an intergovernmental agreement, has agreed to serve as project manager for the purpose of managing the Transit Alternatives Analysis/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (AA/DEIS); and
Whereas, the KRM project purpose and need is to provide high quality transit service connecting Kenosha, Racine, and Milwaukee Counties with each other and with northeastern Illinois, thereby improving access to jobs and labor force, encouraging high density mixed use and more efficient land development around stations, and attracting increased transit ridership, potentially reducing highway traffic volumes and congestion and attendant air pollutant emissions; and
Whereas, the Transit AA/DEIS has now been completed and has identified commuter rail as the best alternative for providing improved transportation service and mobility, land use development and redevelopment benefits, and environmental benefits, and as the KRM Commuter Link project, has been recommended to be advanced to implementation as the locally preferred alternative; and
Whereas, the Transit AA/DEIS includes preliminary station area development plans for the commuter rail stations in the City of Racine and Town of Somers which have been developed and included as part of the KRM Commuter Link Transit Supportive Land-Use Plans and Policies Por...
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