A Metro Transit bus travels along East Washington Avenue past an area at South Livingston Street where bump-outs — curb extensions meant to slow traffic and make pedestrian crossings safer — are being removed to accommodate new traffic controls for Bus Rapid Transit. BRT and Metro's sweeping redesign have emerged as big issues in the mayoral campaign.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
A Metro Transit bus makes a stop along East Washington Avenue. Madison mayoral challenger Gloria Reyes says she supports a high-frequency, high-capacity, limited-stop Bus Rapid Transit system but wants the city to slow down. Incumbent Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the system will unlock economic development.
With Madison on the cusp of sweeping changes to its bus system, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and challenger Gloria Reyes are tangling over whether what's coming will be both financially sound in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and also equitable.
In August 2022, Madison selected three finalists in its Lake Monona Waterfront Design Challenge, aimed at creating a “visionary, inclusive and environmentally focused master plan” for 1.7 miles of shoreline and 17 acres of Madison’s foremost public lakefront. Planners are looking for concepts that can better connect neighborhoods and residents to the lake, improve water quality and preserve the lake's cultural history. Take a brief tour of this stretch of shoreline, which runs from Williamson Street to Olin Park.
A Metro Transit bus travels along East Washington Avenue past an area at South Livingston Street where bump-outs — curb extensions meant to slow traffic and make pedestrian crossings safer — are being removed to accommodate new traffic controls for Bus Rapid Transit. BRT and Metro's sweeping redesign have emerged as big issues in the mayoral campaign.
A Metro Transit bus makes a stop along East Washington Avenue. Madison mayoral challenger Gloria Reyes says she supports a high-frequency, high-capacity, limited-stop Bus Rapid Transit system but wants the city to slow down. Incumbent Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway says the system will unlock economic development.
