For a Mixed View of Madison's Vehicle Registration Fee
City of Madison VRF Information Sheet In the long run, what we are doing here is fighting to reduce traffic congestion Mayor Rhodes-Conway at the Oct. 29 Special Session on the proposed Vehicle Registration Fee Cottage Grove Road ... will be ... expanded from a two-lane road to a four-lane boulevard. ... City funds will total $1,990,000 and County funds total $1,210,000 . - Oct. 29, 2019 News Release of City of Madison Maybe there is a long-term strategy to the madness that is difficult to see unless one is a master at chess and can see moves ahead. But it seems reasonable to ask how expanding a stretch of county road to/from the city of Madison from two to four lanes is "fighting to reduce traffic congestion" rather than just encouraging more car driving, congestion, and greenhouse gas emissions. Or to wonder about the progressive nature of committing almost $2 million of city money for work on a county road at the same time as seeking millions in r