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Downtown summer trolleys begin Thursday

Published May 22, 2013

Downtown's summer trolley service, the Milwaukee Trolley Loop presented by VISIT Milwaukee, rolls out tomorrow with its "Hop `n Shop, Wine `n Dine" route.

Rise in transit tides lifts all boats

Published May 16, 2013

Everyone wants to be able to get around a city easily. It's simple in stuff. Cities need bike lanes, roads, side walks, taxis, rail, trolleys, busses and other forms of transit to move people from here to there.

Nationwide high speed rail map has Milwaukee as key stop

Published Feb. 7, 2013

There's a nationwide rail map that's making the rounds and Milwaukee's a key stop on this vision for high speed rail in the United States.

Common Council moves Milwaukee Streetcar forward

Published July 26, 2011

At 10:59 today, the Milwaukee Common Council voted 10-5 to move the Milwaukee Streetcar project ahead.

Barrett "disappointed" in feds' denial of Hiawatha upgrade funds

Published May 9, 2011

Mayor Tom Barrett expressed his disappointment Monday over the federal government's decision to deny Wisconsin's request for $150 million to upgrade the Amtrak Hiawatha line between Milwaukee and Chicago. The money would have been used for new equipment, including cars and locomotives, and a new maintenance base for the line, which had a record ridership of 28.7 million in the fiscal year that ended last October.

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