City of Milwaukee - File #: 181148

• File #: 181148
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/5/2018
• In control: PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE
• Final action: 11/27/2018
• Effective date: 12/14/2018
• Title: A substitute ordinance relating to traffic regulations and urban rail transit.
• Sponsors: ALD. BAUMAN
• Indexes: STREET RAILROADS, TRAFFIC CONTROL REGULATIONS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/13/2018	1	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
12/6/2018	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/27/2018	1	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED	Pass	15:0
11/16/2018	1	PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Appearing: David Windsor - Infrastructure, Adm Greg Kruse - Assistant City Attorney	Pass	4:0
11/14/2018	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
11/5/2018	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
181148
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. BAUMAN
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to traffic regulations and urban rail transit.
Sections
101-55 cr
Analysis
This ordinance establishes traffic regulations along the route of the Milwaukee streetcar system pursuant to the provisions of s. 349.22, Wis. Stats., in recognition of the need to operate the Milwaukee streetcar in a safe manner as a vehicle in traffic on the public highway and to inform the public of such regulations.
Body
Whereas, The Milwaukee streetcar is a valuable component of the city’s urban mass transit system; and

Whereas, The city has an interest in regulating traffic operating near the Milwaukee streetcar; and

Whereas, The city has an interest in regulating operation of the Milwaukee streetcar as a vehicle in traffic operating on the city’s highways; and

Whereas, The public has an interest in being informed of traffic regulations relating to the Milwaukee streetcar; now, therefore

The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 101-55 of the code is created to read:

101-55. Streetcar Mass Transit Way.

1. DEFINITIONS. In this section:

a. “Bar signal” means a 2- or 3-aspect indicator showing either a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal bar oriented within a traffic signal placed or erected by the city to regulate or guide the movement of a streetcar.

b. “Streetcar” means an electrically-driven rail public transit vehicle designed for public transportation that runs on rail and is powered by electricity from batteries or from overhead wire.

2. DESIGNATION OF THE MASS TRANSIT WAY. The following named roadways or parts of roadways in the city of Milwaukee are established under the provisions of s. 349.22, Wis. Stats., to constitute a mass transit way:

a. Vel R. Phillips Avenue between West Clybourn Street and West Saint Paul Avenue.

b. West St. Paul Avenue between Vel R. Phillips Avenue and North Plankint...