Other Opinion Pieces

EDITORIALS

• Nov. 10, 2021 Bus rapid transit is essential for saving the planet Cap Tmes

• March 20, 2022 Walk a little farther, bus a lot faster — that's a smart and needed tradeoff in Madison Wisconsin State Journal 

• Jun  11, 2023 OUR VIEW: Give Madison's new bus routes a chance to show they're better Wisconsin State Journal

• Jun 15, 2023 Hands on Wisconsin: Madison's bus redesign didn't cause the apocalypse Wisconsin State Journal

OPEN LETTERS

• Jan. 13, 2022 Open Letter to City of Madison Transportation Policy and Planning Board, Transportation Commission, and Metro Transit Officials from CMNNA Crawford-Marlborough-Nakoma Neighborhood Association

• March 2, 2022 Comments On Proposed Redesign of the Madison Metro System Sierra Club Four Lakes Group

• March 10, 2022 South Madison Letter Re. Elimination of the #13 & #4 South Madison Neighbors

• March 15, 2022 LET'S REDESIGN THE BUS SYSTEM REDESIGN Madison Area Bus Advocates

•  ND  Madison Metro Forward System Redesign    ACLU - Wisconsin Chapter 

• June 3, 2022 Community Groups Present Collective Demand for Transit Equity  NAACP, South Madison Unite!, South Metropolitan Planning Council, Madison Area Bus Advocates, Southdale Tenants’ Association

• Sept. 14, 2022 Community Letter to Transportation Commission about Network Redesign South Madison Unite!

• Nov. 9, 2022 Comments on the Equity Analysis of the Proposed Madison Metro System Redesign. Wisconsin Chapter of the Sierra Club

• Nov. 9, 2022 Item 74248: Adoption of the Metro Network Redesign and Equity Analysis  Greg Jones, NAACP of Dane County

COLUMNS/BLOGS/CARTOONS

• March 16, 2019 Public Transit Favored in the 2019 Races for Madison Alder  Susan De Vos

• June 8, 2019 Bus Rapid Transit ADDS to Local Bus Service  Susan De Vos

• Summer 2019 MetroForward >>  Metro Transit, City of Madison, Wisconsin

• Dec 3, 2021 Follow the Transit Money or Why Half-Assed Does not Work Susan De Vos

• March 3, 2022 Transit redesign puts expanded ridership over need Carrie Rothburd and Dave Davis

• March 12, 2022 An Opportunity to Improve Madison’s Bus System Susan De Vos

• September 11, 2022 Inadequate Community Engagement in Madison's 2022 Bus Network Redesign Susan De Vos, Jonathan Mertzig, Laura Green and Kim Owens

• January 11, 2023 Opinion | Transit redesign should have a third-party, independent review Carrie Rothburd and Dave Davis

• February 18, 2023  Why does it take 40 minutes to bus four miles? Neil Heinen 

• April 15, 2023 Inappropriate Treatment of Disability Issues in Bus Network Redesign by Susan De Vos

• June 17, 2023 Mendota Marsh: Transit Redesign by Phil Hands | Wisconsin State Journal

• July 13, 2o23 You really can't get there from here by Steve Elbow, Cap Times

• Aug 3, 2023 One Month In: Transit Network Redesign Proves Positive with Plans for Improvement by Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway

• Nov 30, 2023 Opinion | BRT preys on local bus service by Susan De Vos

• May 18,  2024 Opinion | Madison Metro redesign highlights equity problems by Anusha Talwalkar

• June 14, 2024 Opinion | As BRT and rezoning advance, recall Paul Soglin’s narrative by Paul Fanlund, Cap Times

Hearing Testimony

• April 14, 2022 Testimony re. Item #2 to Equal Opportunities Commission Susan De Vos

• Sept. 14, 2022 Testimony to Item #13 on Transportation Commission Planning Public Hearing on Network Redesign