Speak up for funding increase for public transportation in Wisconsin!

Legislative Alert - Take Action Today!

TOMORROW the state's budget committee (Joint Finance Committee or JFC) is taking up the Department of Transportation budget.

This is a critical opportunity to let members of the committee know that Wisconsinites would like to see a funding increase for public transit. Please email (and if you have time, call!) members of JFC today and ask for them to increase transit funding in the upcoming state budget! Follow link to jFC contact info.

Sample script: (courtesy of Sierra Club)

Dear member of the Joint Finance Committee -

I am writing asking for you to increase public transit funding in the 2023-2025 state budget. I care about public transit because INSERT PERSONAL REASON.

Public transit systems provide essential links to job opportunities, healthcare and recreation. As Wisconsin's population ages, more transit options will better serve both seniors and young professionals who are looking for multi-modal options. Please increase the funding for public transit in this budget.

1kFriends June Webinar

Want to learn more about community science and local sustainability? Join us for our June webinar! Guest speakers from the City of Sun Prairie and the Gratton Pollinator Lab at UW Madison will share about the No Mow May 2023 project, how it fits into Sun Prairie's sustainability goals, and an exciting app that anyone can use to contribute to pollinator data in Wisconsin.

Wednesday, June 21 from 12-1pm.

Free of charge but registration required

Click here to register.

Sandy Xiong & Cindy Burtley, City of Sun Prairie

Dr. Hannah Gaines Day, Gratton Lab at UW Madison

MREA Energy Fair in Custer WI

Bus rides available from Madison

on Saturday, June 24!

The 32nd annual Energy Fair takes place in Custer, WI June 23-25!

The Sierra Club is sending a Van Galder motor coach bus to and from the MREA Energy Fair in Custer, WI on Saturday, June 24 as a means to promote mass transit and offer people a comfortable, low cost, low carbon way to get to the Energy Fair. The bus is open to anyone who wants to take it. The route starts in Middleton at 7 am and makes several stops in Madison before going to the Fair. It will return that evening getting back to Middleton before 10 pm. There is a $5 fee.

Transportation for America’s Community Connectors portal provides tools and information for advocates to decode the complex and confusing maze of programs, acronyms, and decision points that determine what gets built with federal and state transportation dollars.

Who actually chooses how federal transportation dollars get spent? Did you know USDOT has almost no say on the divisive new highways being built through your community? What are the outdated measures and standards states use to justify expensive new highways? Why are communities still being divided and damaged by roads and other infrastructure? And how can advocates get engaged to connect them? Click on the link below to dive into the content!

Transportation 4 America