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Encourage More Bicyclists by Bringing the Idaho Stop Law to Wisconsin

An important part of building a more bicycle friendly city, and for that matter state, is to update Wisconsin's biking laws so that they in encourage more ridership instead of discouraging it. For example, in June 2009 Governor Doyle signed a new "anti-dooring" law that corrected existing regulation which required bicyclist to ride three feet away from parked cars. This law actually protected drivers who opened their doors into bike lanes or streets without looking which often resulted in injured bicyclists.

Aug 6th, 2009 by Dave Reid

Governor Doyle, County Executive Walker, Some Explanation is Needed

On Wednesday Governor Doyle announced plans to spend the first $300 million out of $550 million stimulus funds on 63 road construction and repair projects in 30 counties.

Feb 14th, 2009 by Dave Reid

Lake Michigan Under Fire

Our beloved Lake Michigan is in trouble. In the last year alone “the small fish” that sustain the big salmon and trout had their numbers cut in half. Thanks to a growing number of mussels that are able to live at deep depths and rob the water of energy (the plankton), the ecosystem is under fire. But fear not, Jim Doyle is coming to the rescue (how about that for a change). The state of Wisconsin will spend $6 million to build an experimental ballast water treatment system for the state’s Great Lakes ports, most importantly Milwaukee. As you hopefully know, most of the invasive species in Lake Michigan today enter through the discharged ballast water of ships. Wisconsin and the United States have been slow to pass legislation regulating this discharging, which can be largely prevented by discharging the ballast water in the open ocean. This system will hopefully serve as the catalyst for a movement by all Great Lakes ports to finally do something about allowing ballast water to be discharged.

Jan 24th, 2008 by Jeramey Jannene

Plenty of Horne