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Newsletters
Budget Reports
Issue Papers
Special Reports
Presentations

For the previous years' newsletters, please visit our archives.


Newsletters

July 2008 TDA Newsletter (0708news.pdf, 93K)
  • Congress clears 3-month aviation extension, No HTF fix
  • Moving beyond words
  • 2009 appropriations process
  • House passes Amtrk reauthorization
  • House votes addition $1.7 billion for transit
  • Transportation news


  • June 2008 TDA Newsletter (0608news.pdf, 321K)
  • Budget repair bill enacted
  • The lessons of GM
  • 2008 TDA Drive-in timely
  • Wisconsin Transit Week
  • I-94 plan approved
  • High gas prices, fewer miles driven
  • TDA congratulates Breske on appointment
  • Transportation news


  • May 2008 TDA Newsletter (0508news.pdf, 154K)
  • Budget repair bill stall, lets in jeopardy
  • 2008 TDA Fly-in
  • Politics and the gas tax holiday
  • Aviation reauthorization stuck in the Senate
  • House passes federal ballast water legislation
  • Lack of national transportation strategy harm economy
  • Transportation news


  • April 2008 TDA Newsletter (0408news.pdf, 160K)
  • 2007-09 budget repair bill
  • House and Senate 2009 budget resolutions
  • Deteriorated urban roads cost big money
  • Crashes cost more than congestion
  • GAO on reauthorization principles
  • Work zone awareness week
  • Transportation news


  • March 2008 TDA Newsletter (0308news.pdf, 107K)
  • MN legislature overrides Pawlenty veto
  • The potholes of '08: seeing is believing
  • FAA programs extended again
  • GAO report on public-private partnerships
  • DNR to regulate ballast water
  • Wisconsin bridges improve
  • Congratulations contractors
  • Transportation news


  • February 2008 TDA Newsletter (0208news.pdf, 90K)
  • National Surface Transportation Commission releases final report
  • Financing Commission releases interim report
  • $600 million state budget shortfall
  • Bush issues last budget
  • Bush limits earmarks
  • GAO report: increased reliance on contractors
  • Wisconsin moving to protect Great Lakes
  • I-35W replacement, NTSB recommendation
  • Transportation news


  • January 2008 TDA Newsletter (0108news.pdf, 252K)
  • Bush signs 2008 omnibus spending bill
  • 2007 energy bill enacted
  • California sues EPA
  • The future of intercity passenger rail
  • Transportation news


  • December 2007 TDA Newsletter (1207news.pdf, 298K)
  • WisDOT announces I94 plan
  • Continuing resolution #2
  • KRM: What's next?
  • Congress overrides WRDA veto
  • Transportation news


  • November 2007 TDA Newsletter (1107news.pdf, 320K)
  • Governor signs 2007-09 budget
  • Little progress on 2008 appropriations bills
  • FAA reauthorization stuck in Senate
  • President vetoes WRDA
  • AASHTO report: combatting congestion
  • Transportation news


  • October 2007 TDA Newsletter (1007news.pdf, 609K)
  • 2007 TDA Annual Meeting
  • An evening with Barry McCaffrey
  • Executive perspective
  • A new year, another continuing resolution
  • Senate committee proposes HTF fix
  • Congestion costs $78.2 billion
  • Some movement on air reauthorization
  • Senate passes WRDA
  • Transportation in the news


  • September 2007 TDA Newsletter (0907news.pdf, 490K)
  • The Wisconsin Way
  • Collapse of I-35W bridge
  • CBO predicts $5 billion HTF shortfall
  • Congress back in session
  • USDOT urban partnerships
  • Transportation in the news


  • August 2007 TDA Newsletter (0807news.pdf, 268K)
  • Assembly passes state 2007-09 budget
  • Projected 2009 HTF shortfall $4.3 billion
  • Senate '08 U.S. DOT appropriation
  • A new vision for transportation
  • WRDA 2007
  • Ports request needed federal funds
  • Transportation in the news


  • July 2007 TDA Newsletter (0707news.pdf, 250K)
  • Senate passes state 2007-09 budget
  • House subcommittee approves FY08 USDOT budget
  • Governors respond to Oberstar and DeFazio
  • House aviation bill introduced
  • Federal ballast water legislation update
  • RTAs receiving attention
  • Port unveils new communication plan
  • Transportation in the news


  • June 2007 TDA Newsletter (0607news.pdf, 270K)
  • 2007 TDA Drive-in
  • Budget forwarded to legislature
  • PPPs: Caution Advised
  • WURTA Legislative Day
  • Senate passes water resources bill
  • Committee approves FAA reauthorization


  • May 2007 TDA Newsletter (0507news.pdf, 1.2M)
  • Craig Thompson joins TDA
  • TDA Drive-in
  • 3rd AASHTO report: funding sources
  • House passes WRDA
  • Freight rail infrastructure act


  • April 2007 TDA Newsletter (0407news.pdf, 1.7M)
  • TDA Fly-in
  • New executive director
  • AASHTO sets goals
  • Transportation news
  • Air reauthorization
  • Water Resource Development Act


  • February 2007 TDA Newsletter (0207news.pdf, 500K)
  • Funding guarantees met in pending resolution
  • Transportation on GAO "high risk" list
  • President Bush's FY 2008 budget
  • Petri top Republican on aviation subcommittee
  • Governor to release budget February 13th
  • Wisconsin infrastructure grade: C
  • $13 increase in rental car fees for KRM
  • Leasing the New Jersey Turnpike


  • January 2007 TDA Newsletter (0107news.pdf, 2.89M)
  • Committee issues final report
  • SAFETEA-LU: Guaranteed funding?
  • Proposed RTA funding faces opposition
  • Secretary Busalacchi to remain at WisDOT
  • Kagen assigned to transportation
  • Wisconsin transportation resolutions for 2007


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    Budget Reports

    2007-09 Final Budget Update
    Governor's 2007-09 budget vetoes (0709Final.pdf, 270K, November 2007)

    2007-09 Budget Update #3
    Compromise budget passed by the Legislature (0709Legislature.pdf, 263K, October 2007)

    2007-09 Budget Update #2
    Governor's 2007-2009 transportation budget (0709Gov.pdf, 259K, February 2007)

    2007-09 Budget Update #1
    WisDOT submits 2007-2009 biennial budget (0709WisDOT.pdf, 250K, December 2006)

    2005-2007 Budget Summary, Act 25
    Summary of the 2005-2007 budget, Act 25 (05-07Summary-Act25.pdf, 5.8M, November 2005)

    2005-2007 Final Budget Update
    Governor's 2005-2007 budget vetoes (05-07Final.pdf, 236K, July 2005)

    2005-2007 Budget Update #3
    Joint Finance Committee action on 2005-2007 biennial transportation budget (05-07JFC.pdf, 226K, June 2005)

    2005-2007 Budget Update #2
    Governor's 2005-2007 transportation budget (05-07Gov.pdf, 260K, February 2005)

    2005-2007 Budget Update #1
    WisDOT submits 2005-2007 biennial budget (05-07WisDOT.pdf, 231K, November 2004)

    TDA 2005-2007 Budget Resolution
    In recognition of the state's many transportation needs and the potential impacts of future budget cuts, TDA's Board of Directors adopted a resolution May 18, 2004 supporting transportation program funding and protecting the segregated transportation fund.

    2003-2005 Final Wisconsin Transportation Budget
    2003-2005 transportation budget after Act 64 (fnlbudgetupdateact64.pdf, 86K, October 2003)

    2003-2005 Budget Update
    2003-2005 transportation budget after the Governor's vetoes (03-05BudgetUpdate2.pdf, 88k, August 2003)

    2003-2005 Budget Update
    Governor's 2003-2005 transportation budget (gov's03-05Budget.pdf, 76K, April 2003)

    2003-2005 Budget Update
    WisDOT submits 2003-2005 biennial budget (bgt.pdf, 36K, February 2003)

    2001-2003 Final Wisconsin Transportation Budget
    TDA summary and analysis (01-03bud.pdf, 119K, October 2001)

    2001-2003 Budget Update
    Joint Finance Committee action on 2001-2003 biennial transportation budget (01-03JFC.pdf, 65K, June 2001)

    2001-2003 Budget Update
    Governor's 2001-2003 transportation budget (01-03gov.pdf, 65K, March 2001)

    2001-2003 Budget Update
    WisDOT submits 2001-2003 biennial budget (0103wdot.pdf,130 K, January 2001)

    1999-2001 Final Wisconsin Transportation Budget
    TDA summary and analysis (9901budg.pdf, 237K, December 1999)

    1999-2001 Budget Update
    WisDOT submits 1999-2001 biennial budget (99-01dot.pdf, 148K, January 1999)

    1999-2001 Budget Update
    Governor's 1999-2001 transportation budget (99-01gov.pdf, 102K, March 1999)

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    Issue Papers

    #1 Transportation A Key Business Asset in a Changing Economy
    (IP_1.pdf, 31K, January 2003)

    #2 The Cost of Transportation Fund Bonding: Cash or Charge?
    (IP_2, 71K, March 2003)

    #3 Transportation Funding: How does Wisconsin Compare?
    (IP_3, 34K, April 2003)

    #4 Public Transit Critical to Balanced Transportation
    (IP_4, 58K, June 2003)

    #5 Warning: Traffic Congestion Ahead
    (IP_5, 49K, June 2003)

    #6 Moving Forward: The Benefits of Commuter Rail
    (IP_6, 181K, July 2003)

    #7 Local Roads: Wisconsin's Everyday Connection
    (IP_7, 83K, October 2003)

    #8 Gas Tax Indexing Works for Wisconsin
    (IP_8, 53K, November 2003)

    #9 Freight Rail Moves Wisconsin's Economy
    (IP_9, 66K, May 2004)

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    Special Reports

    A Corporate Report Wisconsin Roundtable Discussion
    Will our transportation system get us where we want to go? (Corporate_Report_0706.pdf, 240K, July 2006)

    TDA's Transportation Strategic Vision (Complete Report)
    TRANSPORTATION Mobility. Reliability. Safety. These are the cornerstones of an efficient and effective transportation system. (TDAStrategicVision.pdf, 2.8MB, October 2004)

    TDA's Transportation Strategic Vision Brochure
    (TDAStrategicVisionBrochure.pdf, 2.2MB, October 2004)

    Transportation Improvements Grow Wisconsin's Economy: The Benefits of Transportation Investment (Complete Report)
    TDA commissioned a study from Cambridge Systematics regarding the benefit of transportation investment to the economy. The study found that for every one dollar invested in transportation, three dollars are returned to the economy.  (CambridgeComplete.pdf, 2MB, February 2003)

    Transportation Improvements Grow Wisconsin's Economy: The Economic Benefits of Transportation Investment (Executive Summary)
    Executive Summary of the Cambridge Systematics study commissioned by TDA. (CambridgeExecSummary.pdf, 59K, February 2003)

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    Presentations

    2008 Fly-in Issue Papers
    (08FlyinIssuePapers.pdf, 45K, April 2008)

    2008 Fly-in Background Papers
    (08FlyinBackgroundPapers, 58K, April 2008)

    Wisconsin Way Addresses TDA Annual Meeting
    Tough times, changing demographics, and political gridlock are threatening Wisconsin’s future. The Wisconsin Way – an initiative founded by the Wisconsin Counties Association, the Wisconsin Education Association Council, the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association, the Wisconsin Transportation Builders and the Wood Communications Group – proposes to energize a statewide public conversation about Wisconsin’s needs and finding better, fairer ways of paying for them. (WisconsinWayTDA07AM.pdf, 2.3MB, September 2007)

    2007 Drive-in Issue Paper
    (07_Drive_in_Issue_Paper.pdf, 173k, May 2007)

    2007 Fly-in Issue Papers
    (07IssuePapers.pdf, 96K, March 2007)

    2007 Fly-in Background Papers
    (07BackgroundPapers.pdf, 65K, March 2007)

    2006 Annual Meeting Program
    (AMProgram06, 348K, October 2006)

    2006 Fly-in Issue Papers
    (06IssuePapers.pdf, 96K, March 2006)

    2006 Fly-in Background Papers
    (06BackgroundPapers.pdf, 64K, March 2006)

    Congressman Petri Addresses TDA Annual Meeting
    View Congressman Tom Petri's address to TDA's 2005 Annual Meeting participants. (September 2005)

    TDA 2005 Annual Meeting Presentation
    Bob Cook, TDA Executive Director, presented the 05-07 state budget and SAFETEA-LU and then provided analysis and framed the issues for future budgets. (Annual Meeting05.pdf, 14.6M, September 2005)

    2005 Annual Meeting Program
    (AMProgram05.pdf, 1M, September 2005)

    Southeast Freeway Public Hearing Presentation (August 30, 2005)
    TDA testified at the Southeast Freeway Public Hearing on August 30, 2005 about the effects of the Governor's transfers and the over reliance on bonding. See written testimony below. (SE_Freeways_Presentation_Aug302005.pdf, 181K, August 2005)

    Southeast Freeway Public Hearing Testimony (August 30, 2005)
    (SE_Freeways_Testimony_Aug302005.pdf, 90K, August 2005)

    TDA 2005 Drive-in Presentation
    A presentation of state and federal transportation budgets. (Drive-in05.pdf, 2,974K, June 2005)

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