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Category Archives: Intermodal trips

Bike Use on Milwaukee Buses Doubles In 2011

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 [...]

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Airport Parking Full? Not Quite

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, [...]

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Biking to and from General Mitchell Field Airport in Milwaukee

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 [...]

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Heading to NYC: to rent or fold?

 I have to go to New York City next Monday. I was all set to take to take my Dahon folding bike when I noticed that AirTran charges$20 for the first checked bag. So it will cost me $40 extra just to bring my folding bike, which is also kind of a pain to break down small enough to meet the [...]

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