![]() ![]() With about 30 minutes left for the meeting, officials entertained questions from the public. ![]() In reviewing the potential station locations, Aaron Bowe, senior rail engineer for HNTB, said the Near East Side neighborhood has “good geometry” for a station and the area near the airport would allow for “multimodal connectivity,” although these spaces aren’t “as close to the city as we may want it.” Bowe also noted that while the section of First Street is closer to downtown Madison, there are “geometric challenges” that come with building a station on that designated, curved part of the street. The ideal station location, she said, would also have space for short- and long-term parking, passenger dropoff and pickup areas, and provide connections for intercity bus, pedestrian and bicycle travel. The city has hired engineering consultant HNTB to conduct a study to recommend a site, and representatives at the meeting said they are considering local community needs, in addition to Amtrak guidelines, for assessing potential locations.Ĭarolyn Seboe, the planning group director for HNTB, said the final location needs to accommodate a 700-foot-long platform without blocking any important local roadways. Six general locations for the station have been identified: near the Dane County Regional Airport a stretch by the old Oscar Mayer plant a section of First Street the Near East Side neighborhood downtown and the UW-Madison campus. “At the end of the day, we have to pick a station that works for Amtrak and that works for the Federal Railroad Administration,” Rhodes-Conway said. But she cautioned that a number of factors would play into a final decision. In her opening remarks, Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway said city leaders were interested in hearing feedback from the public about where a train station would be located in Madison if the city were to join the existing route between Milwaukee and Chicago, also known as the Hiawatha route. 7 rail kickoff meeting at the Madison Muncipal Building, which drew more than 100 people (a Zoom presentation was also held later). “We put out chairs for 20 people thinking we’d get 10,” said Tom Lynch, the city’s director of transportation, at the start of the Dec. The crowd that showed up to learn about the potential for passenger rail in Madison seemed to catch city officials by surprise. 7 meeting to discuss passenger rail and the location of a train station. ![]() Majors' attorney has denied the charges and says he's innocent.Kickoff passenger rail meeting Madison 12/7/22 That film, a pivotal release for Marvel, stars Jonathan Majors, the actor who has been charged with domestic violence. Most notably, “Avengers: Kang Dynasty" is being postponed from May 2025 to May 2026. The Marvel calendar was also remade Tuesday, as the studio continues to reshape its coming plans in its superhero kingdom. The studio hasn't announced details on either untitled production. ![]() One was pushed from December 2025 to May 2026. Two “Star Wars” film are planned for 2026. “Each ‘Avatar’ film is an exciting but epic undertaking that takes time to bring to the quality level we as filmmakers strive for and audiences have come to expect,” "Avatar" producer Jon Landau wrote on Twitter.ĭisney on Tuesday shuffled plans for some of its biggest franchises. “Avatar” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” have collectively made more than $5.2 billion at the box office. By December 2031, the 68-year-old Cameron would be 77. Director James Cameron, who launched “Avatar” in 2009, has said he may not direct films 4 and 5. If those dates hold, the “Avatar” film series will have stretched across the first four decades of the century. ![]()
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