CONNECTIONS 2030 LONG-RANGE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN Fox Valley Corridor – Milwaukee to Green Bay Corridor Overview This 130-mile corridor is part of a major passenger and freight corridor linking Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh and Milwaukee to locations further south, including Chicago, IL. It serves the major manufacturing centers in the Fox Valley. It is also an important tourist corridor that connects the population centers in Illinois to the recreation areas of northeastern Wisconsin. The corridor includes the World War II Veterans Memorial Highway (US 41 from Milwaukee to Marinette) and the urban and urbanized areas of Green Bay, Appleton, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac, West Bend, Hartford, Richfield and Milwaukee. It also serves the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin Reservation. Current Corridor Characteristics Future Corridor Vision • Airports: • Airports: Continued service, increased direct air service and infrastructure projects to ǻ Air carrier (passenger)/air cargo airports: General Mitchell International (Milwaukee), support business airplane-capable airports Outagamie County (Appleton), Austin Straubel International (Green Bay), Wittman • Highways: Maximized preservation and maintenance of infrastructure and continued Regional (Oshkosh) user efficiency and mobility, including improved traffic movement, along US 41 by ǻ Transport/corporate airport: Fond du Lac County implementing: ǻ General utility airport: Lawrence J. Timmerman (Milwaukee) ǻ Interstate conversion: US 41 • Highways: ǻ State Access Management Plan vision; Tier 1 ǻ Primary highway: US 41 ǻ Enumerated Major projects for construction: US 41 ǻ Corridors 2030 Backbone Route: US 41 Year 2007 Year 2030 • Public Transit: Increased regional coordination and continued service ǻ NHS intermodal terminals with local road connections: Austin Straubel International Airport, Port of Green Bay, Outagamie County Regional Airport, Wittman Regional Airport • Fixed Guideway Transit: New service (Milwaukee County) County populations in Oshkosh; refer to the Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission - Milwaukee Brown 244,764 291,862 • Rail Freight: Continued freight rail service and corridor preservation County map for terminals in Milwaukee Outagamie 173,724 215,720 • Intercity Passenger Rail: Calumet 45,990 58,966 ǻ Completed passing lane corridors: Winnebago 164,703 188,446 – WIS 26 [(US 151 to Rosendale (south side)] ǻ Continued Amtrak Empire Builder service between Chicago, IL and Seattle, WA/Portland, OR Fond du Lac 101,174 112,538 – WIS 26 [Rosendale (north side) to Fond du Lac/Winnebago county line] with a stop in Milwaukee; and Amtrak Hiawatha Service between Milwaukee and Chicago, IL ǻ New service: Dodge 89,225 98,215 • Public Transit: Washington 129,316 150,485 – New Madison – Milwaukee – Chicago, IL intercity passenger rail service ǻ Bus systems: Milwaukee County, Waukesha County, Washington County Commuter Express, Waukesha 381,603 436,986 – New Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN – Madison – Milwaukee – Chicago, IL intercity passenger rail Milwaukee 936,364 1,030,644 Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Fox Cities, Green Bay, Oneida Nation service ǻ Shared-ride taxi: West Bend Population age 65 and older 270,091 495,652 – New Green Bay – Milwaukee - Chicago, IL intercity passenger rail service ǻ Specialized transit: Available in all counties; level of service depends on location – All new intercity passenger rail services will operate within existing corridors Enplanements General Mitchell International 3,641,503 8,000,000 • Fixed Guideway Transit: None along this corridor • Intercity Bus: Airport • Rail Freight: Freight rail service exists ǻ Continued existing services Outagamie County Regional 289,116 640,000 • Intercity Passenger Rail: ǻ New service: Airport – Phase 1:Between Madison and Green Bay, with stops in Fond du Lac, Oshkosh and Appleton and ǻ Amtrak Empire Builder service between Chicago, IL and Seattle, WA/Portland OR, with a stop Austin Straubel International 455,514 712,500 between Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN and Green Bay in Milwaukee Airport – Phase 2: Between Madison and Sheboygan, with a stop in Fond du Lac; between proposed Green ǻ Amtrak Hiawatha Service between Chicago, IL and Milwaukee Intercity passenger rail ridership Bay passenger rail station and Milwaukee Intermodal Station; between Marinette and proposed Milwaukee station 472,447 1,232,000 • Intercity Bus: Green Bay passenger rail station; between Sturgeon Bay and proposed Green Bay passenger rail station; between Wausau and proposed Appleton passenger rail station West Bend station NA 97,000 ǻ Service between Green Bay and Chicago, IL, with stops in Appleton, Oshkosh, Fond du Lac Fond du Lac station NA 97,000 and Milwaukee – Phase 3: Between Gills Rock and Green Bay Oshkosh station NA 144,000 ǻ Service between Wausau and Milwaukee, with stops in Appleton, Oshkosh and Fond du Lac • Ports and Harbors: Continued service, preservation, maintenance and infrastructure Neenah/Appleton station NA 142,000 ǻ Connections in Milwaukee to intercity bus services to Kenosha, Madison, Chicago, IL, improvements (Green Bay, Milwaukee) Green Bay station NA 131,000 Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN and Calumet, MI Average annual daily traffic along • Ferry: Continued service, preservation, maintenance and infrastructure improvements US 41 24,000 – 76,400 36,000 – 121,500 • Ports and Harbors: Green Bay, Milwaukee [Lake Express (Milwaukee)] Truck volume along • Ferry: Lake Express (Milwaukee) • Bicycle/Pedestrian: Continued and enhanced accommodations, linkages and US 41 High High • Bicycle/Pedestrian: accessibility along and across facilities Refer to the “Corridor Map - Data Definitions and Sources” for ǻ Major trails: Fox River State Recreational Trail, Wiouwash State Trail, Mascoutin Valley State more information. Trail, Wild Goose State Trail, Eisenbahn State Trail, Bugline Recreational Trail, Oak Leaf Trail, Hank Aaron Trail ǻ Accommodations, linkages and accessibility along and across some facilities p — 1 CONNECTIONS 2030 LONG-RANGE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN Fox Valley Corridor – Milwaukee to Green Bay About Multimodal Corridors See Green Bay Metropolitan Suamico Connections 2030 Planning Area MSuampico The planning process identified statewide multimodal, intercity corridors as visual communication tools Howard Howard to view existing conditions, transportation features and future G Nichols r e en Bay recommendations. These corridors collectively represent a starting Seymour Seymour point toward long-term implementation of Connections 2030 and the Green Bay 54 41 187 Green Bay corridor management process. Hobart Hobart Ashwaubenon Allouez Ashwaubenon These multimodal corridors: Allouez Bellevue Bellevue Oneida Tribe Bellevue of Indians of Wisconsin De Pere • Serve critical sectors of the economy or major population centers De Pere Shiocton BROWN • Carry significant travel activity for passenger and/or freight traffic 76 55 47 BROWN • Show significant growth in travel or economic development • Serve an important role for other transportation modes See Fox Cities Metropolitan Planning Area Map Corridor selection was also influenced by local land use and Hortonville Wrightstown 96 development plans. Each corridor is a broad geographical band 41 Little CLihttulet eChute that follows a general directional flow connecting trips that may Appleton KaukauKnaaukauna Airport Kimberly include streets, highways, rail, pedestrian, bicycle facilities and Kimberly Combined Locks Appleton 441 OUTAGAMIE Combined Locks Park and ride routes and transit route alignments. A corridor generally follows WINNEBAGO 10 Intercity bus stop the directional flow of a state highway alignment. It includes 10 MenaMshenaasha 10 parallel state and local roads, service roads and facilities for Rail station other transportation modes, such as rail, pedestrian, and transit, Brillion Neenah Fixed guideway Sherwood Neenah which influence the mobility, capacity, safety and other functional 45 41 (commuter rail station) CALUMET elements of the corridor. Hilbert Port or harbor 32 Potter Mississippi River lock and dam Important Notes about What is Depicted Stockbridge See Oshkosh Ferry Metropolitan The map shows currently programmed and proposed future activities Planning Area Map 55 Bicycle/pedestrian trail 21 (as of December 31, 2007) that have significant impacts on the Oshkosh Chilton Oshkosh Rail-to-trail corridor. Not all projects or initiatives are mapped, and additional Lake 151 Winnebago analyses, including an environmental document, will be conducted 91 Railroad – private ownership 41 before any of the projects or activities are completed. These analyses Railroad – public ownership 44 New Holstein may include studying alternatives (including a no build/no change State trunk network alternative) with public involvement opportunities as appropriate. State/countyKiel boundary Resources and shifting priorities may impact WisDOT’s implementation of any proposed activity within the time frames identified. WisDOT Waterway 41 175 will remain flexible in the implementation of Connections 2030 26 See Fond du Lac Metropolitan City/village Mt Calvary 67 recommendations. The table and map activities (on the previous page) Planning Area Map Rosendale Metropolitan Planning Area reflect actions identified in: N4o1rth Fond du Lac Saint Cloud North Fond du Lac Fond du Lac Native American land 23 • Connections 2030 policies 23 23 Fond du Lac For more information, refer • WisDOT’s Six-Year Highway Improvement Program (2008 - 2013) 45 to the Corridor Map Legend FOND