Bill, the media whore on WIBA this morning talking about Commuter Rail

I was invited to appear on Mitch Henck's radio show, "Outside the Box" this morning on WIBA AM 1310 from 9 to about 9:30.

The subject: Commuter rail and the trolley folly here in Madison as proposed by Mayor Dave and County Exec. Falk at a NEWS conference around June 27 or so.

Mitch is truly an amazing guy. Funny, (he does professional stand up) smart, (also works as a Mortgage Banker) and a memory that is pornographic....ah. ... photographic. Note how he pops out dates like when the rails were put in Madison.

He is a lot of fun to work with and has been way out ahead on the traffic congestion and the crushing effect a RR or Commuter rail system will have on traffic congestion. He grew up in Lafayette, Indiana where freight trains just stopped auto traffic cold for long, long times....he knows of what he speaks! His mind travels at the speed of thought.

I have linked the show to 'show' above but have never put up a audio link before, so if you try it give it about 2 minutes to load- big file- but if it doesn't work for you fagettaboutit! (I will check to see if it works first.)

It works! On my DSL connection it took about 2 min to download and then a few more seconds before it begins. Get a cuppa coffee and a donut and it will be waiting for you by the time you toddle back.

We need to be upgrading our present shaky transportation system- Madison Metro Bus system and the circa 1975 condition of Dane County's highways and county roads, but.....guess what they what to drop a mere billion bucks on?

Yep. A commuter rail that even the Transport 2020 (the study committee)
says will "increase traffic congestion" and may only take 4500 people of 90,000 commuting by car off the road! Yipes!

"The Return of Dumb and Dumber- The Rail Plan" for Madison comes to mind. The commuter rail will stop traffic 13 times an hour in all directions on nearly all of the major highways during rush hour. At the top of this posting is what it will look like on Day ONE if this tax boondoggle is allow to be birthed.