
Despite (or perhaps due to) a sluggish economy and service cutbacks, Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) has seen a dramatic increase in bike rack usage in 2011 compared to 2010, according to a media release from MCTS this morning. In August 2011 alone, MCTS reached a monthly high with a total number of bikes on board of [...]
Today’s online edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that all the 12,000 parking spaces for automobiles at the airport and at the off-site lots are full ”due to a perfect storm of families on spring break and business travelers.” That is great news for the airport as a business. Meg Jones reports that although Mitchell Airport recently added parking spaces, [...]
A few times a year I get asked how to bike into and out of the airport in Milwaukee. I have put together a Google Map (see below) to show the route I prefer. It uses a side service road and a pedestrian crosswalk to avoid all the loops that everyone in motor vehicles are [...]