This Wisconsin Department of Transportation graphic says it all, doesn’t it? The top line is how much the department spent on highway construction over time; the line with the big jump where high-speed rail was supposed to go represents how much WisDOT spent on rail over the same time period.
The 2010 and 2011 amounts are budgeted figures.
A new slogan for Gov. Scott Walker — “Mono-modal: the only way to go.”
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