Madison Metro Transit officials are asking for input from the public on how they can improve the city’s public transit system. Similar questions about the future of mass transit are being asked in other parts of the state.
Craig Thompson, executive director of the Transportation Development Association of Wisconsin, said that the biggest improvement that he could see to the transit system in Wisconsin “is getting in better repair the system we already have.”
With regard to public transportation, he suggested that cities like Madison develop bus rapid transit systems that operate similarly to local trains -- with stations and dedicated lanes,...
