DART Dispatches
Area transportation news updates from the
Dane Alliance for Rational Transportation
Our take on the Beltline: Bigger isn’t better
DART recently shared a comment with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation regarding the Madison Beltline Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) study that is now drawing to a close. Read what we wrote.
A Week Without Driving
Most American communities assume almost everyone drives pretty much everywhere to do just about everything. Pretending, for a week, that you couldn't might make it easier to envision a world where you don't have to.
Signs of an RTA revival?
A hostile state legislature has loomed over and limited Madison's transit discussion for years. If a new alignment brings fresh opportunities, will we be ready?
Comment on the Madison Passenger Rail Station Study
This comment by DART was submitted to the Madison Passenger Rail Station Study process as part of the January-February 2024 public comment process on the draft Passenger Rail Station Identification Study Report.
DART: A Statement
Over the winter the DART Board of Directors discussed and ratified the following text representing DART’s most succinct statement of what it is about. It seemed appropriate to make it the first post to “DART Dispatches.”