from Streetsblog.net by Angie Schmitt
\nIn an enormously destructive move, Scott Walker\u2019s budget removes transit as a transportation category \u2013 – per Walker, transportation budgets are not the private preserve of the road-builder \u2013 – so \u201cfinancing transit operation aids from the general fund will begin in fiscal 2102-2013.\u201d<\/p>\n
That means bus systems will have to fight with other services for state aid in a shrinking state budget \u2013 – while highway aids gets a $410.5 million increase.<\/p>\n
Look for local bus systems to raise fares, cut services, lay off drivers, then die.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll be arriving at the Walker Promised Land, where every low-income person has a car, insurance, money for maintenance, repairs and fuel.<\/p>\n
As gas goes to $4.<\/p>\n
Something like 30% of City of Milwaukee residents do not have access to a car, and rely on the bus system \u2013 – transit, only since rail has been disallowed by Republicans since light rail planning was killed fifteen years ago.<\/p>\n
Like the rest of his budget which hammers public schools and social services, this budget is aimed squarely at lower-income Wisconsinites. from Streetsblog.net by Angie Schmitt In an enormously destructive move, Scott Walker\u2019s budget removes transit as a transportation category \u2013 – per Walker, transportation budgets are not the private preserve of the road-builder \u2013 – so \u201cfinancing transit operation aids from the general fund will begin in fiscal 2102-2013.\u201d That means bus systems will have … <\/p>\n
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