Governor Doyle on RTAs and Transit

Here is what Governor Doyle said this week following the election:

Governor Doyle said that there needs  to be a mechanism to fund transit systems, and he said Tuesday’s advisory vote  in Milwaukee County is a sign that people want a strong transit  system.

“In every state that I’ve looked at that has a good  municipal transit system what they have done is create the authority … that  allows counties to enter into it and provides the authority with taxing  authority,” he said.

“I think that’s a pretty good model. I don’t  believe we can sit by and let transit in Milwaukee just crumble into nothing,”  he said. “I think the state has a very important responsibility — as most  states have done — to set up a framework that allows counties and  municipalities to join together in a regional transit authority and giving  them some method to raise the funds to provide the transit.”

Way to rock, Governor!

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