City of Milwaukee - File #: 940654

• File #: 940654
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Placed On File
• File created: 7/15/1994
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 6/13/2000
• Title: Resolution relating to conducting a referendum on mass transit improvements on November 8, 1994.
• Sponsors: ALD. MURPHY, E. Faye Anderson, ALD. NARDELLI, ALD. KALWITZ, ALD. SCHRAMM, ALD. FRANK, ALD. BUTLER, ALD. SCHERBERT, ALD. BREIER
• Indexes: LOCAL TRANSIT, REFERENDUM

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/13/2000	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PLACED ON FILE	Pass	15:0
6/5/2000	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	3:0
6/4/1998	0	STEERING & RULES COMMITTEE	RETURNED TO COMMITTEE - SIGNATURES; Minutes note: Ald. Wayne Frank, Tom Nardelli and Daniel Schramm
7/29/1994	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	Minutes note: Ald. Gordon assumes Chair.
7/25/1994	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	Minutes note: Appearances: Mariano Schifalacqua - City Engineer; Ald. Don Richards;
7/19/1994	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/15/1994	0	COMMON COUNCIL	REFERRED TO
7/13/1994	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT

NUMB:
940654
VERS:
ORIGINAL
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XXBY:
ALD. NARDELLI, KALWITZ, SCHRAMM,
FRANK, BUTLER, SCHERBERT, BREIER, MURPHY AND E. F.
ANDERSON
TITL:
Resolution relating to conducting a referendum on mass transit improvements on November 8, 1994.
ANLS:
- Analysis -

This resolution directs the placement of advisory referendum questions relating to mass transit improvements in the city of Milwaukee on the November 8, 1994, election ballot.


BODY:
Whereas, A substantial number of City tax dollars and a significant amount of City staff time have already been devoted to studying the issue of developing a light rail transit system for the city of Milwaukee and surrounding communities; and

Whereas, It appears that City tax dollars and staff time will continue to be used to study the light rail issue; and

Whereas, A 1990 study by the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Transportation Systems Center found that actual light rail ridership in 4 cities (Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Portland and Sacramento) was 66 to 85 percent below forecasted levels, while capital costs of the light rail systems were 13 to 50 percent higher than originally projected; and

Whereas, Even the St. Louis light rail system, which is regarded as a success because of higher-than- projected ridership and community acceptance, is experiencing a $10 million annual operating deficit; and

Whereas, Light rail transit cannot and will not provide the level of trip-making flexibility that other modes of transportation can offer; and

Whereas, The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's "Milwaukee East-West Corridor Transit Study" identifies the construction of a rapid busway and improvement of the existing bus-based mass transit system as transit enhancement options which could be used in place of, or in conjunction with, development of a light rail system; now, therefore, be it

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