Madison Area Bus Ways

Taking the Bus to Work in July/Courtesy Jonathan Mertzig In the Spring of this and other even-numbered years, Dane County elects Supervisors for the next two years.  All 37 of them. Does that matter for public transportation? Not so far, but things could and should change. Almost half the seats on the County Board will be occupied by someone new. Successful candidates will help shepherd the development of the fastest growing county in the state. Doing so intelligently means that we cannot just continue to do what was done in the past. Rather, a recent survey of residents throughout the county found that they want the county to Obtain a regional high-capacity multi-modal transit system that connects Madison and surrounding communities and increases people's access to jobs, services, and resources. Current state law makes it difficult to achieve that goal but there is still a lot that can be done on the local level to move us in the desired direction. Unfortunately, as a re...