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Transportation

View message about Connect 2050 from Craig Thompson, Secretary-Designee of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Welcome!

We hope the information contained here will help you learn about the Connect 2050 statewide transportation plan, process, and your own priorities for our transportation future.

Thank you for your participation!

Click the "Back" and "Next" arrows to move among the topics

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What should I know about Connect 2050?

WisDOT periodically updates its statewide, long-range, multimodal plan – this year called Connect 2050 – with a fresh vision and renewed goals based on current and future socio-economic issues and trends.

"Statewide"

The Connect 2050 vision and goals guide WisDOT's decision-making for the state of Wisconsin

"Long-Range"

The Connect 2050 plan will look ahead up to 30 years

"Multimodal"

The plan impacts the whole transportation system – cars, roads and highways, yes, but also transit, biking, walking, rail, aviation and water transport

The plan will help decision-makers make improvements to and investments in all types of transportation in our system – from roads to ports to sidewalks – throughout Wisconsin for the next roughly 30 years.

In addition to public input, we will also coordinate with tribes, metropolitan planning organizations and regional planning commissions and consider recommended policies from WisDOT’s system, modal, corridor and/or project plans.

We will follow federal and state requirements during the Connect 2050 public outreach, development, and publishing phases.

How will the Connect 2050 process unfold?

Our journey is just beginning! WisDOT will be developing the Connect 2050 plan in four phases through 2021.

Throughout development, we will continue to offer webinars and virtual meetings, and we will be accepting comments and survey submissions through the release of the final plan.

Summer/Fall 2020

Assess state of current transportation system, review trends, and get public input about transportation priorities

Winter 2021

Develop draft Connect 2050 plan

Spring 2021

Receive public input and stakeholder feedback, provide a 30-day public comment period. Revise draft plan, if needed

Summer 2021

Adopt and release final Connect 2050 plan

View the Connect 2050 Public Involvement Plan

A note about COVID-19

The Connect 2050 public involvement process that the Public Involvement Plan originally outlined has been updated to reflect the impacts of the COVID-19 virus.

All proposed pop-up events have been cancelled; however, we will conduct virtual or in-person public meetings in accordance with state and local public health guidelines for group gatherings during this pandemic.

What does Connect 2050 aim to achieve?

Connect 2050 has five primary goals: Economic Vitality, Safety and Security, Quality of Life and Natural Environment, System Integration and Connectivity, and System Management.

Connect 2050 Goal:

Economic Vitality

Maintain and improve the state’s transportation system so it is responsive to global and regional economic needs and changing conditions.

What are we doing now? Some Examples

Our Harbor Assistance Program helps fund projects within communities along the Great Lakes and Mississippi River that maintain and improve the shipping, port and waterway resources that support our economy.

Industry representatives on the Freight Advisory Committee keep WisDOT informed about issues that affect freight access, mobility and viable transport from, to and within Wisconsin.

WisDOT manages and implements freeway reconstruction and other highway projects, supporting the movement of people and goods throughout Wisconsin.

Connect 2050 Goal:

Safety and Security

Create a system that is safe for all users, and agile in preventing, preparing for, and coordinating responses to any incident, whether natural or the result of human activity.

What are we doing now? Some Examples

Centerline rumble strips have been shown to reduce head-on fatal and injury crashes by 44% on rural two-lane roads and 64% on similar urban two-lane roads.

Shoulder rumble strips help reduce fatal and injury lane-departure crashes by up to 29% by alerting drivers when they move outside the driving lane.

Replacing traditional intersections with roundabouts where warranted reduces severe injury crashes while also reducing traffic delays.

As of 2019, Wisconsin had constructed 427 roundabouts, 162 of which are in rural areas and 246 in urban areas.

The Wisconsin Highway Safety Improvement Program funds safety projects across the state such as intersection improvements, addressing sight distance problems, eliminating roadside obstacles, and installing guardrails and barriers. The program, which also has a subprogram that focuses on high-crash-risk rural roads, aims to reduce the number and severity of crashes on all streets and highways.

Connect 2050 Goal:

Quality of Life and Natural Environment

Implement and manage a system that balances transportation needs with the natural environment and resource conservation.

What are we doing now? Some Examples

Since beginning the Wetland Mitigation Program in 1993, WisDOT projects have restored about 5,808 acres of wetlands in the state.

The health and safety of Wisconsin residents is WisDOT's priority; therefore, each time we update our Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, we analyze air quality using applicable state and federal regulations.

To help protect threatened and endangered species habitats, WisDOT seeds approximately 75 acres of land with native, flowering seed mixes each year.

Connect 2050 Goal:

System Integration and Connectivity

Bring modes of transportation together to provide a properly integrated system.

What are we doing now? Some Examples

WisDOT financially supports the Hiawatha rail service between Chicago and Milwaukee. Hiawatha, the busiest route in the Midwest, served a record 880,000 passengers in 2019.

A new Amtrak Thruway I-41 Bus Service connects with the Hiawatha service in Milwaukee, and provides two daily round-trip buses between Green Bay and Milwaukee with stops in Appleton, Oshkosh and Fond du Lac.

WisDOT's Freight Railroad Infrastructure Improvement Program, or FRIIP, provides loans for rail projects that connect industry to the national rail program, enhance the safe and efficient movement of freight, rehabilitate lines, and help develop the economy.

Since 1992, we've awarded $128 million in FRIIP loans. New for 2021, intermodal facility improvements and studies can also utilize FRIPP loans.

WisDOT's State Urban Mass Transit Operating Assistance program provides operating cost assistance to support bus, shared-ride taxicab and rail services.

Federal transit programs further support rural and urban transit systems and specialized transit services in Wisconsin.

Connect 2050 Goal:

System Management

Utilize cost-effective preservation and maintenance techniques to maximize transportation investments.

What are we doing now? Some Examples

WisDOT uses an asset-management approach to schedule and fund transportation projects. This approach ensures the right project is constructed at the right place at the right time to maximize available funding.

WisDOT's bridge inspection program inventories and collects functional and safety conditions data for all transportation-related structures in Wisconsin through thousands of structure inspections conducted at regular intervals.

WisDOT's MAPSS Performance Improvement Program focuses on five core goals and associated performance measures that guide us in achieving our mission "to provide leadership in the development and operation of a safe and efficient transportation system." We report our progress quarterly in summarized "scorecards" and improvement reports for each performance measure.

WisDOT also meets federal requirements for system performance and measurement by reporting at regular intervals information about our assets to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Connect 2050 Vision

WisDOT envisions an integrated, multimodal transportation system that maximizes the safe and efficient movement of people and products throughout the state, enhancing economic productivity and the quality of Wisconsin’s communities while minimizing impacts to the natural environment.

What trends can affect transportation?

Our communities and how we move around them are changing all the time. And from e-bikes and ride-hailing apps to drones and driverless cars, transportation is often at the center of advances in technology.

Understanding the key issues or "trends" that affect transportation is essential for a Connect 2050 plan that prepares us for what lies ahead.

The six trends below will influence how WisDOT makes decisions about managing our statewide transportation system well into the future.

Population

Crowded farmers' market in Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Population growth helps determine where and when transportation improvements may be appropriate.

Wisconsin's population is expected to grow between 2013 and 2040 by almost 800,000 people, or about a 13.5 percent increase.

Transportation planners use population, demographics and other data to help determine future transportation demands – like getting to work, the grocery store and recreational destinations, and transporting freight.

What types of communities are growing?

Small

500 or fewer people

0%
growth

Mid-sized

2,000-50,000 people

17%
growth

Large

50,000+ people

10%
growth

Wisconsin’s SENIOR POPULATION

Wisconsin’s population of people 65 years old and older is expected to double from 2010 to 2040, particularly in our northern and rural counties.

legend

35% or more

25%-35%

25% or less

2010 Census

Population, Ages 65+

2040 Projection

Population, Ages 65+

Map showing 2040 projected percentages of people 65 years and older by Wisconsin county

There's more to Learn!

Get the trend fact sheet

Source: Wisconsin Department of Administration, 2010-2040 Population Projection Report Travel Patterns.

Travel Patterns

Knowing where, why and how people travel is important for allocating funding and other resources.

We expect the annual amount of travel in Wisconsin for all vehicles – a metric called "vehicle miles traveled" or VMT – to increase from 65.9 billion (2018) to 82.9 billion (2050), which will require our transportation network to accommodate increased use.

We use modeling and current and future population and employment data to forecast future VMT and the reasons for people's trips.

Current and Forecast Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled

Current and Forecast Annual Vehicle Miles of Travel in Wisconsin

Mode choice: How we travel in Wisconsin

Vehicles including cars, trucks and motorcycles comprise about 80 percent of annual person miles of travel in Wisconsin.

Transit use makes up about 4 percent – reflecting the limited availability of transit in nonurban areas of the state.

Airplanes, which cover long distances, account for about 14 percent of total annual person miles of travel.

There's more to Learn!

Get the trend fact sheet

Source: Federal Highway Administration. National Household Travel Survey, 2017.

Safety

WisDOT uses educational campaigns, media shares and engineering techniques to keep our system safe.

Our approach to creating and maintaining a safe transportation system in Wisconsin: Safety is everybody's business.

To reduce the number of preventable traffic fatalities and injuries, WisDOT’s Bureau of Transportation Safety works with internal and external partners, utilizing the best expertise to solve safety-related challenges.

SAFETY TRENDS ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC ROADS (2015-2019)

Graph showing safety trends on Wisconsin's public roads from 2015 to 2019: Alcohol-related crashes +17%; fatalities -.7%; serious injury crashes +4.5%; bicycle crashes -23.1%; total crashes +19.5%.

The Bureau of Transportation Safety also prepares our annual Highway Safety Plan and Highway Safety Program Annual Report for submission to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

These reports describe, respectively, our planned and current safety-focused programs, grants and activities.

Wisconsin Crash Statistics

Among Wisconsin's 551 traffic fatalities in 2019, speed-related crashes accounted for 163 deaths (30 percent), and crashes involving alcohol accounted for 140 deaths (25 percent).

In 2019, when helmet use could be determined by the investigating officer, 65 percent of all motorcyclists killed in crashes were not wearing helmets.

Deer are the third most commonly struck object in Wisconsin (behind other vehicles and fixed objects), causing almost 18,400 deer-related crashes here (2019).

There's more to learn!

Get the trend fact sheet

Source: Federal Highway Administration. “Transportation Performance Management State Profile: Wisconsin”. June 2020. Retrieved from https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tpm/reporting/state/

Economic Activity

A healthy economy requires an efficient, multimodal transportation system that can meet our changing needs.

Recent years have seen increases in just-in-time deliveries, which eliminate overhead costs, and the growing popularity of e-commerce.

2020-2050: Economic Indicators

30.8%

Increase

Wisconsin's Per Capita Income Statewide

50.2%

Increase

Wisconsin's Gross Domestic Product

Freight train crosses the Merrimac Bridge in Wisconsin

WisDOT works with public- and private-sector partners on committees and task forces such as the Freight Advisory Committee to enhance our state transportation network for a 21st-century supply chain environment – one that also supports the northernmost and most rural areas of Wisconsin.

Projected Statewide Employment by Industry through 2050

Manufacturing

3%
Decline

Health Care

47%
growth

Farming

6%
Decline

Projected Statewide Earnings by Industry through 2050

Manufacturing

13%
growth

Health Care

80%
growth

Farming

1%
Decline

There's more to Learn!

Get the trend fact sheet

Source: Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Office of Economic Advisors, Wisconsin Employment Projections 2016-20226.

Energy and the Environment

Photo showing sign designating the Butterfly Habitat Restoration Project area that WisDOT helped restore in southeastern Wisconsin

Emerging technologies such as alternative fuel vehicles and autonomous and connected vehicles have the potential to change how we travel — and even how we fuel transport.

To help prevent snow drifts that can close roads and driveways and isolate farmsteads, WisDOT works with farmers to implement "living snow fences," which are trees and shrubs strategically placed along roadways to help stop snow drift.

Farmers keep rows of corn standing along roadway edges to prevent snow drift; in return, WisDOT compensates farmers with a premium per-bushel price for the corn.

Parking lot at Wisconsin rest stop showing freight-hauling trucks

WisDOT balances our transportation system needs with a healthy environment by recycling pavement, seeding native plants along highways, rehabilitating wetlands, using solar power at rest areas, and planning for alternative fuels.

There's more to Learn!

Get the trend fact sheet

Source: Federal Highway Administration. Alternative Fuel Corridors webpage. Accessed July 2020. Retrieved from https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/alternative_fuel_corridors/

Connected and Automated Vehicles

View of roadway from interior of ride-share driver's vehicle

By 2050, Wisconsin's transportation landscape will likely look very different ...

WisDOT is exploring solutions involving connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) that could help us meet our changing needs and communities.

Connected vehicles (CVs) communicate with other vehicles and transportation infrastructure

Automated vehicles (AVs) operate with varying levels of human involvement

Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) utilize AV and CV technologies

While some early CAV technology has already arrived, WisDOT continues to explore what introducing CVs and AVs to Wisconsin’s roadways will mean for infrastructure, policy, administrative requirements, enforcement, and communities.

A number of Wisconsin organizations and companies are involved in CAV research including the University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, MGA Research Corporation, Traffic & Parking Control Co. Inc., the city of Madison, and WisDOT.

Wisconsin's CAV Test Facilities

Eau Claire

Chippewa Valley Regional Airport

Racine

UW-Madison Extension Racine County
City of Racine
Gateway Technical College

Madison

UW-Madison
City of Madison

Burlington

MGA Research

Elkhart Lake

Road America

There's more to Learn!

Get the trend fact sheet

Sources: State of Wisconsin. “Report of the Governor’s Steering Committee on Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Testing and Deployment”. June 29, 2018. Retrieved from https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/about-wisdot/who-we-are/comm-couns/av-final-report-062918.pdf. 2) University of Wisconsin-Madison. Wisconsin Automated Vehicle Proving Grounds website (Accessed July 2020) Retrieved from https://wiscav.org/

Why should I participate?

Each one of us has a unique perspective on transportation and different ideas about what the future could be like.

As a Wisconsin resident, participating in Connect 2050 is a chance to share those opinions to help guide the coordinated development of our transportation system, at the state, regional and local levels.

After we evaluate the comments and survey results, we will report back to the public, creating a statewide “conversation” about our transportation future in Wisconsin.

And, when you sign up to receive our email updates, you stay informed about WisDOT’s activities, including transportation planning efforts that may relate to your local community or region.

Are you ready to connect?

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How can I get in touch?

WisDOT will consider comments submitted in writing, by calling or via email.

If you cannot access the virtual open house and need the information in an alternate format, please contact the Telecommunications Relay Systems (dial 711) or the Connect 2050 project team member listed.

Contact

Alexander Gramovot

Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Central Office

(608) 266-9495

Hill Farms State Office Building
4822 Madison Yards Way
Madison, WI 53705

Thank you for participating

We appreciate your time, interest and your opinions!

Don't forget to send us your comments or take our survey.

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Transportation

Affects the quality of our daily lives

Connects us – to jobs, schools, health care, one another

Supports the people, places and prosperity of Wisconsin

View message about Connect 2050 from Craig Thompson, Secretary-Designee of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

Welcome!

We hope the information contained here will help you learn about the Connect 2050 statewide transportation plan, process, and your own priorities for our transportation future.

Thank you for your participation!

How to attend the Virtual Open House

Use the topics menu at the top right to visit select topics at any time

Use the red buttons at the top at any time to connect to the survey, comment form or website

What should I know about Connect 2050?

"Statewide"

The Connect 2050 vision and goals guide WisDOT's decision-making for the state of Wisconsin

"Long-Range"

The Connect 2050 plan will look ahead up to 30 years

"Multimodal"

The plan impacts the whole transportation system – highways, transit, biking, walking, rail, aviation and water transport

We will follow federal and state requirements during the Connect 2050 public outreach, development, and publishing phases.

How will the Connect 2050 process unfold?

Our journey is just beginning! WisDOT will be developing the Connect 2050 plan in four phases through 2021.

Throughout development, we will continue to offer webinars and virtual meetings, and we will be accepting comments and survey submissions through the release of the final plan.

Summer/Fall 2020

Assess state of current transportation system, review trends, and get public input on transportation priorities

Winter 2021

Develop draft Connect 2050 plan

Spring 2021

Receive public input and stakeholder feedback, provide a 30-day public comment period. Revise draft plan, if needed

Summer 2021

Adopt and release final Connect 2050 plan

View the Connect 2050 Public Involvement Plan

A note about COVID-19

The Connect 2050 public involvement process that the Public Involvement Plan originally outlined has been updated to reflect the impacts of the COVID-19 virus.

What does Connect 2050 aim to achieve?

Connect 2050 Vision

Connect 2050 has five primary goals:

Economic Vitality
Safety and Security
Quality of LIfe and Natural Environment
System Integration and Connectivity
System Management

Connect 2050 Goal:

Economic Vitality

Maintain and improve the state’s transportation system so it is responsive to global and regional economic needs and changing conditions.

What are we doing now? Some Examples

Industry representatives on the Freight Advisory Committee keep WisDOT informed about issues that affect freight access, mobility and viable transport from, to and within Wisconsin.

WisDOT manages and implements freeway reconstruction and other highway projects, supporting the movement of people and goods throughout Wisconsin.

Connect 2050 Goal:

Safety and Security

Create a system that is safe for all users, and agile in preventing, preparing for, and coordinating responses to any incident, whether natural or the result of human activity.

What are we doing now? Some Examples

Centerline rumble strips have been shown to reduce head-on fatal and injury crashes by 44% on rural two-lane roads and 64% on similar urban two-lane roads.

Shoulder rumble strips help reduce fatal and injury lane-departure crashes by up to 29% by alerting drivers when they move outside the driving lane.

Replacing traditional intersections with roundabouts where warranted reduces severe injury crashes while also reducing traffic delays.

As of 2019, Wisconsin had constructed 427 roundabouts, 162 of which are in rural areas and 246 in urban areas.

Connect 2050 Goal:

Quality of Life and Natural Environment

Implement and manage a system that balances transportation needs with the natural environment and resource conservation.

What are we doing now? Some Examples

Since beginning the Wetland Mitigation Program in 1993, WisDOT projects have restored about 5,808 acres of wetlands in the state.

To help protect threatened and endangered species habitats, WisDOT seeds approximately 75 acres of land with native, flowering seed mixes each year.

Connect 2050 Goal:

System Integration and Connectivity

Bring modes of transportation together to provide a properly integrated system.

What are we doing now? Some Examples

WisDOT financially supports the Hiawatha rail service between Chicago and Milwaukee. Hiawatha, the busiest route in the Midwest, served a record 880,000 passengers in 2019.

Since 1992, we've awarded $128 million in FRIIP loans. New for 2021, intermodal facility improvements and studies can also utilize FRIPP loans.

WisDOT's State Urban Mass Transit Operating Assistance program provides operating cost assistance to support bus, shared-ride taxicab and rail services.

Federal transit programs further support rural and urban transit systems and specialized transit services in Wisconsin.

Connect 2050 Goal:

System Management

Utilize cost-effective preservation and maintenance techniques to maximize transportation investments.

What are we doing now? Some Examples

WisDOT also meets federal requirements for system performance and measurement by reporting at regular intervals information about our assets to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

What trends can affect transportation?

Understanding the key issues or "trends" that affect transportation is essential for a Connect 2050 plan that prepares us for what lies ahead.

The six trends below will influence how WisDOT makes decisions about managing our statewide transportation system well into the future.

Population

Population growth helps determine where and when transportation improvements may be appropriate.

Wisconsin's population is expected to grow between 2013 and 2040 by almost 800,000 people, or about a 13.5 percent increase.

WHAT TYPES OF COMMUNITIES ARE GROWING?

Small

500 or fewer
people

0% growth

Mid-sized

2,000-50,000
people

17% growth

Large

50,000+
people

10% growth

Wisconsin’s SENIOR POPULATION

Wisconsin’s population of people 65 years old and older is expected to double from 2010 to 2040, particularly in our northern and rural counties.

35% or more

25%-35%

25% or less

2010 Census

Population, Ages 65+

2040 Projection

Population, Ages 65+

There's more to Learn!

Get the trend fact sheet

Source: Wisconsin Department of Administration, 2010-2040 Population Projection Report Travel Patterns.

Economic Activity

A healthy economy requires an efficient, multimodal transportation system that can meet our changing needs.

Recent years have seen increases in just-in-time deliveries, which eliminate overhead costs, and the growing popularity of e-commerce.

2020-2050: Economic Indicators

30.8%

Increase

Wisconsin's Per Capita Income Statewide

50.2%

Increase

Wisconsin's
Gross Domestic Product

Projected Statewide Employment by Industry through 2050

Manufacturing

3% Decline

Health Care

47% growth

Farming

6% Decline

Projected Statewide Earnings by Industry through 2050

Manufacturing

13% growth

Health Care

80% growth

Farming

1% Decline

There's more to Learn!

Get the trend fact sheet

Source: Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Office of Economic Advisors, Wisconsin Employment Projections 2016-20226.

Travel Patterns

Knowing where, why and how people travel is important for allocating funding and other resources.

We use modeling and current and future population and employment data to forecast future VMT and the reasons for people's trips.

Current and Forecast Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled

Mode choice: How we travel in Wisconsin

Graph showing the percentages of travel in Wisconsin by mode (car/truck/vehicle; walk/bicycle; transit; ride-sharing; airplane; other). About 80 percent of annual person miles of travel, or PMT, are by vehicles including cars, trucks and motorcycles. Transit use makes up 3.5 percent – reflecting the limited availability of transit in non-urban areas of the state. Airplanes, which cover long distances, account for about 14 percent of total PMT.

About 80 percent of annual person miles of travel, or PMT, are by vehicles including cars, trucks and motorcycles.

Transit use makes up 3.5 percent – reflecting the limited availability of transit in non-urban areas of the state.

Airplanes, which cover long distances, account for about 14 percent of total PMT.

There's more to Learn!

Get the trend fact sheet

Source: Federal Highway Administration. National Household Travel Survey, 2017.

Safety

WisDOT uses educational campaigns, media shares and engineering techniques to keep our system safe.

Our approach to creating and maintaining a safe transportation system in Wisconsin: Safety is everybody's business.

SAFETY TRENDS ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC ROADS
(2015-2019)

These reports describe, respectively, our planned and current safety-focused programs, grants and activities.

Wisconsin Crash Statistics

Among Wisconsin's 551 traffic fatalities in 2019, speed-related crashes accounted for 163 deaths (30 percent), and crashes involving alcohol accounted for 140 deaths (25 percent).

In 2019, when helmet use could be determined by the investigating officer, 65 percent of all motorcyclists killed in crashes were not wearing helmets.

Deer are the third most commonly struck object in Wisconsin (behind other vehicles and fixed objects), causing almost 18,400 deer-related crashes here (2019).

Among Wisconsin's 551 traffic fatalities in 2019, speed-related crashes accounted for 163 deaths (30 percent), and crashes involving alcohol accounted for 140 deaths (25 percent).

In 2019, when helmet use could be determined by the investigating officer, 65 percent of all motorcyclists killed in crashes were not wearing helmets.

Deer are the third most commonly struck object in Wisconsin (behind other vehicles and fixed objects), causing almost 18,400 deer-related crashes here (2019).

There's more to Learn!

Get the trend fact sheet

Source: Federal Highway Administration. “Transportation Performance Management State Profile: Wisconsin”. June 2020. Retrieved from https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/tpm/reporting/state/

Energy and the Environment

Emerging technologies such as alternative fuel vehicles and autonomous and connected vehicles have the potential to change how we travel — and even how we fuel transport.

Participating farmers keep rows of corn standing along roadway edges to prevent snow drift; in return, WisDOT compensates them with a premium per-bushel price for the corn.

There's more to Learn!

Get the trend fact sheet

Source: Federal Highway Administration. Alternative Fuel Corridors webpage. Accessed July 2020. Retrieved from https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/alternative_fuel_corridors/

Connected and Automated Vehicles

By 2050, Wisconsin's transportation landscape will likely look very different ...

WisDOT is exploring solutions involving connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) that could help us meet our changing needs and communities.

Connected vehicles (CVs)
‍communicate with other vehicles and transportation infrastructure

Automated vehicles (AVs)
‍operate with varying levels of human involvement

Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs)
‍utilize AV and CV technologies

Wisconsin's CAV Test Facilities

Eau Claire

Chippewa Valley Regional Airport

Racine

UW-Madison Extension Racine County

City of Racine

Gateway Technical College

Madison

UW-Madison

City of Madison

Burlington

MGA Research

Elkhart Lake

Road America

There's more to Learn!

Get the trend fact sheet

Why should I participate?

Each one of us has a unique perspective on transportation and different ideas about what the future could be like.

After we evaluate the comments and survey results, we will report back to the public, creating a statewide “conversation” about our transportation future in Wisconsin.

And, when you sign up to receive our email updates, you stay informed about WisDOT’s activities, including transportation planning efforts that may relate to your local community or region.

Are you ready to connect?

share a
comment

TAke Our
Survey

Get Email
Updates

How can I get in touch?

WisDOT will consider comments submitted in writing, by calling or via email.

Contact

Alexander Gramovot

Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Central Office

(608) 266-9495

Hill Farms State Office Building
4822 Madison Yards Way
Madison, WI 53705

Thank you for participating

We appreciate your time, interest and your opinions!

Don't forget to send us your comments or take our survey.

What would you like to do next?

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Transportation

How to attend the Virtual Open House

What should I know about Connect 2050?

"Statewide"

"Long-Range"

"Multimodal"

Connect 2050 Will answer these questions:

How will the Connect 2050 process unfold?

A note about COVID-19

What does Connect 2050 aim to achieve?

What trends can affect transportation?

Population

Travel Patterns

Population

Travel Patterns

Safety

Did You Know?

Economic Activity

Energy and the Environment

Did you know?

Connected and Automated Vehicles

WAVE Advisory Committee

Why should I participate?

What Kind of feedback is most Useful?

What are Other Wisconsinites saying about Connect 2050?

How can I get in touch?

Contact

Follow Us

Thank you for participating

Virtual Open House

Transportation

How to attend the Virtual Open House

What should I know about Connect 2050?

"Statewide"

"Long-Range"

"Multimodal"

Connect 2050 Will answer these questions:

How will the Connect 2050 process unfold?

A note about COVID-19

What does Connect 2050 aim to achieve?

What trends can affect transportation?

Population

Economic Activity

Travel Patterns

Safety

Did You Know?

Energy and the Environment

Did you know?

Connected and Automated Vehicles

WAVE Advisory Committee

Why should I participate?

What are other Wisconsinites saying about Connect 2050?

What Kind of feedback is most Useful?

How can I get in touch?

Contact

Follow Us

Thank you for participating