URGENT: Act NOW on KRM Commuter Rail

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

From the Sierra Club:

Your e-mail, call, fax, or letter is very important by Wednesday, May 23

WI State Budget is the key to Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee Commuter Rail (KRM) success.

This is it—the moment in the state budget that we have been waiting for. The powerful Joint Finance Committee will begin discussing transportation issues next week. It is important that they vote to approve a local funding source for KRM–the $13 rental fee increase. It is critical that the KRM local funding proposal gets approved in the budget soon in order to submit the federal funding and project approval application within the federal timeline in June (see below for background information). If the Joint Finance Committee successfully passes the rental car fee, the KRM will have moved from a “project status” to “this may actually happen” status.

Please contact the following 3 Joint Finance Committee members and tell them:

1. Why KRM is a priority for you. (Pick one of your own, or see key benefits below, and commentary attached)

2. To please support the $13 rental car fee increase to support local operating and capital costs of KRM

3. If a local funding source is not included in the budget now, KRM's viability will be in serious question.

Senator Russ Decker
State Capitol
Room 122 South
P.O. Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707-7882
608.266.2502
Sen.decker@legis.wisconsin.gov

Senator Lena Taylor
State Capitol
Room 415 South
P.O. Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707-7882
608.266.5810
Sen.taylor@legis.wisconsin.gov

Senator Alberta Darling
State Capitol
131 South
P.O. Box 7882
Madison, WI 53707-7882
608.266.5830
Sen.darling@legis.wisconsin.gov

Click here for more information. http://www.transitnow.org/quick_points.html