commuter rail

BusStop – It's their own fault. The Common Council creates its own problem with Intermodal Station

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 8, 2008

Civic, business leaders disagree over proposed restaurant for Amtrak station

Installing a restaurant at Milwaukee's new Intermodal Station does not need an argument about donuts. It needs people. The solution to this small town brouhaha is waiting for a question a bus rider would ask.

The question is: Why does only one minor bus route (#57) stop in front of Milwaukee's major transportation terminal?

About 10 nearby County bus routes bypass the new Milwaukee Intermodal Station. Only one of those routes stops in front.

Slight deviations in some of the other 9 routes will make Intermodal Station a practical destination, supporting dense development in the immediate area, and making arrival in Milwaukee by train a pleasure.

Where there are people there is a restaurant market.

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