The Sierra Club, through the Coalition for More Responsible Transportation, noted that Governor Evers' proposed 2021-23 budget includes the following transit and transportation items:
- Highways: Lots of money to highways, enumeration of the I-94 East-West project
- CMRT's ask: no new highway expansion enumerations, especially I-94
- Transit: Increase general transit aids by 2.5 percent increase ($3.5m) + a a transit capital improvement grant program ($10m) + increased funding for employment access and mobility programs ($4m)
- CMRT's ask: $50m/year increase to transit
- Paratransit and Specialized Transit: 2.5 percent increase to paratransit and smaller increase to specialized
- CMRT's ask: increase paratransit and specialized transit funding
We expect there will be some information and training sessions regarding transportation budget advocacy in the next couple of months, and we will post these as they are announced.
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