One of my favorite alternative transportation news sources, StreetsBlog, has a great story on how Scott Walker is overlooking waste at the department of transportation:
Highway Expansion Rampant in Wisconsin, Which “Can’t Afford” Rail
One of their primary sources is another favorite blog of mine, The Political Environment.
Anyway, the gist of the story is that while Walker is talking about dubious emergency measures to “right-size” government and create jobs, a 2005 WISDOT report estimates they had $1.36 billion in highway cost overruns in the previous 15 years. I am hoping Mark Pocan, who is on the newly formed Government Waste Commission, will be bringing this up regularly at their meetings.
