Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle applied for an 810-million-dollar grant to build a high-speed rail between Milwaukee and Madison. This is a heavily traveled route by car. Perhaps a high-speed rail route between the two cities with a short travel time could have persuaded a lot of those drivers to leave the car at home, and take the train. We’ll never know. Doyle’s successor and present Governor, Scott Walker gave back the money. People in Milwaukee and Madison may have grumbled, but there was no political […]