Milwaukee Streetcar

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@81nateB arena is on route, intermodal is on route, summerfest is on spur, North is planned extension, crosses Water and runs up Broadway

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@81nateB it's about everyday users, not just 41 Bucks game or 10 days of Summerfest. All needs to be linked up

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@81nateB route is within 100% DT hotels, 90% occupied office space, 77% parking, 77% housing, 90% attractions & all of 20 biggest employers

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@81nateB density matters for riders. No one lives on lakefront. Extension planned to North Ave.

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@AP_Breezy @mikewickett $1

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@81nateB @mikewickett they're 22.7 million following months of engineering and negotiation. Working to get them lower

[Mike Gousha @MikeGousha]

Sunday on #UpFront: What's next for the @MKEStreetcar, paying for a new arena, and the week that was for @GovWalker.

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@rdengr123 why would streetcars be unique for a referendum?

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@Kaz6617Ken JCI is proposing to build a high rise on new site from relocation of off-ramps

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@Kaz6617Ken yes, JCI deal is on SW corner of Clybourn and LM in site currently occupied by interstate ramps

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@Kaz6617Ken the ramps are being moved as part of Lakefront Gateway project. The Couture would be built on other side of Clybourn.

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@Kaz6617Ken @mikewickett no. Clybourn. The site has an interstate off ramp on it today.

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@rdengr123 because officials are elected to make decisions

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@Kaz6617Ken @mikewickett that's absolutely false. The land today is a freeway off ramp. There is no purchase price for the land yet.

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@Kaz6617Ken I guess we will just have to wait and see. Couture is already one $250 million investment contingent on streetcar.

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@Kaz6617Ken no they don't. It comes from TIF districts and makes project like The Couture possible that aren't otherwise

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@Kaz6617Ken @mikewickett funds allocated in 1991. Modern streetcar systems have brought billions in new development to Portland and Seattle

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@Kaz6617Ken @mikewickett no they're not. $54 million is a federal grant. The rest comes from tax incremental financing districts.

[Milwaukee Streetcar @MKEStreetcar]

@Kaz6617Ken @mikewickett the streetcar will only be extended if it's a success.