85.26 Intercity bus assistance program.
(1) Definitions. In this section:
(a) “Intercity bus service" means regularly scheduled bus service for the general public that operates with limited stops over fixed routes connecting 2 or more urban areas not in close proximity, that has the capacity for transporting baggage carried by passengers, and that makes meaningful connections with scheduled intercity bus service to more distant points if service to more distant points is available.
(b) “Net operating loss" means the portion of the reasonable costs of operating an intercity bus service route that cannot reasonably be financed from revenues derived from the route.
(c) “Political subdivision" means a city, village, town, or county.
(2) Administration.
(a) The department shall develop and administer an intercity bus assistance program to increase the availability of intercity bus service in this state. Under this program, the department may do any of the following:
1. Contract with private providers of intercity bus service to support intercity bus service routes of the provider.
2. Make grants to political subdivisions to support intercity bus service routes having an origin or destination in the political subdivision.
(b) All expenditures under the program shall be made from the appropriations under s. 20.395 (1) (bq), (bv), and (bx). The department may not enter into any contract under par. (a) 1., or award any grant under par. (a) 2., that provides funds to support any intercity bus service route in an amount exceeding the lesser of the following:
1. Fifty percent of the net operating loss of the intercity bus service route.
2. The portion of the net operating loss of the intercity bus service route for which federal funds are not available.
(c)
1. The department shall prescribe the form, nature, and extent of the information which shall be contained in an application for a grant under par. (a) 2.
2. The department shall establish criteria for evaluating applications for grants under par. (a) 2.
History: 2009 a. 28.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 85 - Department of transportation.
85.015 - Transportation assistance contracts.
85.02 - Planning, promotion and protection.
85.0205 - Expenditures for aesthetic elements.
85.021 - Transportation alternatives program.
85.022 - Multimodal transportation studies.
85.023 - Planning for bicycle facilities.
85.025 - Highway and bridge projects.
85.028 - Milwaukee east-west transportation corridor.
85.03 - Federal reduction or termination of aid.
85.035 - Reduction of department appropriations.
85.04 - Acquisition of replacement lands.
85.05 - Evaluation of proposed major highway projects.
85.052 - Change management system for major highway projects.
85.055 - Passenger railroad station improvements.
85.06 - Rail passenger service assistance and promotion.
85.061 - Rail passenger route development.
85.062 - Major transit capital improvement projects.
85.064 - Commuter rail transit system development.
85.065 - Urban rail line relocations.
85.066 - Transit safety oversight program.
85.067 - Midwest interstate passenger rail compact.
85.07 - Highway safety coordination.
85.077 - Railroad projects and competitive bidding.
85.08 - Freight railroad assistance.
85.085 - Private road crossings.
85.09 - Acquisition of abandoned rail property.
85.093 - Intermodal freight assistance.
85.095 - Harbor assistance program.
85.10 - Sale of aerial photographic survey products.
85.103 - Disclosure of personal identifiers.
85.105 - Sale of motor vehicle records.
85.107 - Scholarship and loan repayment incentive grant program.
85.12 - Statewide public safety radio management program.
85.13 - Cost of traffic violation and registration program.
85.14 - Payments by credit card or other electronic payment mechanism; electronic transactions.
85.16 - Department rules and forms.
85.17 - Storage of highway salt.
85.18 - Groundwater protection.
85.19 - Construction site erosion control.
85.193 - Borrow and material disposal sites for transportation projects.
85.195 - Coordination with land conservation committees.
85.20 - Urban mass transit operating assistance program.
85.21 - Specialized transportation assistance program for counties.
85.215 - Tribal elderly transportation grant program.
85.22 - Specialized transportation program.
85.23 - Rural public transportation assistance program.
85.24 - Transportation employment and mobility program.
85.245 - Congestion mitigation and air quality improvement program.
85.25 - Disadvantaged business mobilization assistance program.
85.26 - Intercity bus assistance program.
85.28 - Driver license reinstatement training program.
85.30 - Motorcycle, moped and motor bicycle safety program.
85.31 - Information for tax bills.
85.32 - Statewide trauma care system transfer.
85.35 - Motor carrier projects program.
85.51 - State traffic patrol services.
85.52 - Transportation infrastructure loan program.
85.55 - Safe-ride grant program.
85.605 - Professional football stadium maintenance and operating costs.
85.61 - Compliance with federal Help America Vote Act.
85.62 - Transportation fund balance and appropriation reductions.