Join us on August 13 at Transit Talk and Treats from
4 to 6 p.m. at the La Crosse People's Food Co-op for some some
food, talk, and door prizes. Representatives from the La Crosse MTU,
the SMRT bus, and the La Crosse Area Planning Committee will be there
to let us know what's new and to listen to our ideas and feedback. We
will have refreshments and door prizes, too. A flyer is attached.
Please help us spread the word on social media. This is a great
opportunity to connect and advocate for better public transit in our
area!LATA
Leaders will not meet in August, but we
are looking for a few volunteers to help us table
at upcoming student back-to-school events on August
28 from 1 to 3:30 at Viterbo, on September 2 from 11:30 to 1:30 at
Western Technical College, and on September 3 from 10 a.m to 1 p.m.
at UWL. You can sign up at
the August 13 event, sign up online at
https://tinyurl.com/LATA-Fall25-B2STabling
or reply to this email. Our next meeting will be September 10 at
6:30. Anyone is welcome to join us! Email for access information.
The
city's Bike-Ped Advisory
Committee (remember,
transit is pedestrian infrastructure!) meets in person (Miller Room,
City Hall) and online on the second Tuesday of every month and is
open to the public. The August meeting will be at 8:30
a.m. on August 12 and the
agenda with access information will be available at their web page:
https://tinyurl.com/bpaclacrosse
The MTU
Board will meet on August 19 at 4 p.m.
in person and online. The agenda and access information will be
published at the committee's web page when it is finalized:
https://tinyurl.com/mtuboard.
The Mayor is hosting a series of community roundtables starting with one on August 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the La Crosse Center. This is a great opportunity to talk about schedules, routes, seating at stops, ADA accessibility, an other transit-related ideas. Learn more and register for the event at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YLGZGZPIf you
were not able to attend the recent public input session about the
WisDOT corridor studies for
Highways 53 and 14/61, you can still provide input. Are there accommodations like pullouts at or safe crossing near bus stops? Visit the project's public involvement page at
https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/projects/by-region/sw/533516-lacrosse/us53us1461-pi.aspx
The
Wisconsin Department of
Transportation (WisDOT) invites the public to review and share
comments on the agency’s 2025 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Transition Plan to help its
efforts to continually improve accessibility throughout the state
highway system including roadside facilities, navigability within
public rights of way and public input processes. Per federal law, the
transition plan is regularly maintained with opportunities for public
input. As suggested by Wisconsin Transit Riders Alliance secretary,
Susan DeVos, should accessible bathrooms at transit centers or
seating at bus stops be required? What other accommodations should be
considered? Please provide feedback by August 31 using this online
form: https://tinyurl.com/wisdotadasurvey
Gil
Penalosa's Cities for Everyone webinar series will feature Janette
Sadik-Khan, Former NYC DOT Commissioner. currently with Bloomberg
Cities, chair NACTO, and chair ITDP in a program called Street
Fight – Handbook for an Urban Revolution on Tuesday, August 5 at 10
a.m. online. Learn more,
get links to past webinars, and register here:
https://cities4everyone.ca/webinar/
We are
still looking for co-sponsors
for Week Without Driving,
September 29 through October 5. Co-sponsors will have their names
and/or logos on event materials and help spread the word and
encourage their contacts to participate by signing up for the WWD
experience or filling in a WWD Bingo Card. Please fill out this form
asap if you would like to be a co-sponsor!
https://tinyurl.com/wwdlax-cosponsor.
Please consider officially joining LATA to help us grow and increase our outreach. You can use the
join form at https://tinyurl.com/joinlata
