An Independent Citizen Voice for Buses
BRT in Madison - Ride the M! Here's one idea.
Check out what's going on in Eugene, OR
Welcome to the home page of Madison Area Bus Advocates. We are a diverse group of bus users and friends who aim to inform people about the reality and the possibilities of a
Madison Metro Transit,
to encourage system development, and to encourage bus ridership. Maintaining and improving the quality of service challenges us on many fronts, and our hope is that we can inform debates on issues such as
fares and funding,
routing and levels of service, governance,
regional transit,
transit-friendly planning,
commuting,
household costs and benefits,
community costs and benefits, services for youth,
services for seniors,
services for people with special needs,
environmentally-friendly fuel,
traffic calming and buses, and
safety on buses.
Become a member. Join our listserv and share ideas related to bus service in the Greater Madison Area at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mabaaa. Volunteer time and/or money (suggested activities in Help Us). Print out and mail in one of these forms: Membership form (pdf) or In Kind Donation form (pdf) . Donate. Our address is on the right. You can also make a secure donation with a credit card using the button.
Position on RTA - August 13, 2007
Top 5 Things a Small Business Can Do - January 16, 2008
Recent News!
- April 2008 - Annual route/schedule changes are being planned that would take effect August 24, 2008. See Metro's special website for complete information. The changes appear to be a mixture of enhancements and cuts. Enhancements require extra funding but cuts do not. There was a Public Hearing regarding the proposal on Tuesday, April 15 at 6:00 which was well attended. The Press was leaked a draft of the Plans before the Plans were released to the public. The Transit and Parking Commission will decide on the changes at its May 13, 2008 meeting. You can read more about the Hearing and the press's description of the pre-publicized plans here.
- April 2008 - Transit Advocate Not Re-Appointed to the Transit and Parking Commission - After considerable public outcry in 2005, the Mayor grudgingly renewed the appointment of transit advocate Tim Wong to the Transit and Parking Commission for another 3 years. This time however, the Mayor moved quickly to accomplish the feat before the public could be alerted. see article.
- April 2008 - An Ad Hoc Long Range Metro Transit Planning Committee has been busy developing a Long Range Transit Plan for the City that could hopefully take Metro "beyond the cycle of fare increases, service cuts and extraordinary increases in general fund support" that has occurred in the last few years and is unsustainable See draft of final report. Although comments have already been taken at three public listening sessions, it is still possible to email comments to Ann Schroeder at aschroeder@cityofmadison.com through the first week in May, 2008
- April 2008 - Madison's Poet Laureate, the Madison Arts Commission, Metro Transit, Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison Public Library; and the Wisconsin Book Festival are collaborating to put poetry on Metro Transit busses in the 2008/2009 academic year (on the placards right above the seats). The poems will be winners of a high school poetry competition. Students who are enrolled in a Madison high school during the 2007/2008 school year, are invited to submit up to three (3) original, unpublished poems. For more information and to enter the competition, please go to the City's web site or click here. All submissions must be received by 4:00 pm on April 30.
- 2007-2009 - A two-year experiment with wrapping buses is causing considerable unease. A wrapped bus brings Metro $15,000 a year Read more
Incredible But True!- Unsolved Rider Issues
