Tag: Madison Wisconsin
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Repercussions of the Bus Fare Jacking: Mayor Pave’s Continued Ass-covering
Mayor Pave’s ass-covering after thrashing transit riders, killing ridership and slashing bus service.
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Olympic Dreams Dashed, but Cyclocross to Come to Olin Park
Mayor Pave & Konkrete Kathy greenwash their anti-bicycle policies during the Olympic bid. Separately, I’m predicting a major cyclocross event will soon be announced.
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From Wasted Spaces to People Places
De-paving is becoming all the rage!
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Preserving and Enhancing the Urban Forest: Can the successful Milwaukee example be applied to Madison?
Preserving and Enhancing the Urban Forest: Do our most majestic street trees always have to be felled during road construction? The Milwaukee experience says no.
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UrbanMilwaukee.com’s Excellent Analysis of Rail Station Siting in MSN
Probably the best analysis and summary of all of the commentary out there regarding the potential siting of a train station in Madison, Wisconsin. Sometimes it takes a furriner’s perspective to get it right! (UrbanMilwaukee.com is is definitely a blog to watch.) Trains only work when they connect downtowns to downtowns. Thus, the airport site…
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Babes + Bikes + Beer
Their words, not mine! Found a flyer at Cafe Zoma with the above title announcing the “Greasy Gears” a new all-girls mini-bike dance troupe. Meet & Greet @ Weary Traveler, 1201 Willy St., August 18 (Tues) @ 8:30 PM. I assume this is inspired by the recent visit of the Sprockettes, those witty & creative…
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Edgewater Hotel: Stink on the Lake
Edgewater Hotel developers subvert democracy with astroturf organizations.
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Going Green with Native, Perennial Landscaping
Native Perennial landscapes combined with grading for bio-swales & raingardens is the way to go.
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Lucky in Paving
Mayor Pave celebrates the city’s pre-eminent paver going into retirement.
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Highway Bloatitecture: A Cancer on the City Center
What do Brussels, Madison, Atlanta, and Little Rock have in common? Highway-scaped Bloatitecture in the middle of the city.