Passenger rail development in western Wisconsin and its relationship to a statewide project connecting Chicago, Milwaukee and the Twin Cities is the topic of “The West Side."
Host Clara Neupert welcomes Scott Rogers, vice president of Governmental Affairs at the Eau Claire Area Chamber of Commerce and chair of the West Central Wisconsin Rail Coalition, Mark Quam, president of the Chippewa Valley Transit Alliance and secretary/acting treasurer of the West Central Wisconsin Rail Coalition and Arun Rao, passenger rail implementation manager at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to talk about the push for a new passenger rail line that would connect Chicago to the Twin Cities as well as a second passenger rail project in western Wisconsin.