Next Stop, Madison: Selecting Our Future Passenger Rail Station Location

LIZ CALLIN is a senior transportation planner at the City of Madison and specializes in transit, passenger rail, public engagement, and policy work.  She will talk about the City of Madison's Passenger Rail Station Identification Study which evaluates options and identifies a recommendation for a passenger rail station location that would be served by a planned extension of Amtrak's Hiawatha route. The existing Hiawatha route connects Chicago and Milwaukee and the extension to Madison is part of an overall expansion of Wisconsin’s passenger rail network which also includes new connections in northeast and northwest Wisconsin and is supported by the Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Liz will discuss how a passenger rail connection could benefit our community, and outline next steps.