Easy access to your customers

Tap into a premium transportation network that offers easy access to major cities—and your customers via air, highway and rail.

• Madison's Dane County Regional Airport is one of the world's top 20 most noteworthy airports. Passenger Terminal World magazine, 2008
  
• Dane County and Madison officials recently submitted their Transport 2020 plans to the federal government. This will allow a proposed light rail project to start preliminary engineering.
  
• Wisconsin's interstate highways are less congested than the national average.

Air
Dane County Regional Airport provides daily nonstop flights to major cities, including Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Detroit. Nine commercial carriers provide flexibility and competitive rates.

Highway
Businesses in MGE's service area are well connected:

• Interstate 90/94 is Wisconsin's main commercial artery, connecting Chicago, Minneapolis and Milwaukee.
• U.S. Highway 51 is a main north-south link in Wisconsin.
• U.S. Highway 12/18 (Beltline) is a major east-west route that enhances traffic flow in the Madison area.
• U.S. Highway 18/151 links Madison to many surrounding communities and provides routes to key cities in Wisconsin and surrounding states.
• State Highway 19 in northern Dane County offers an east-west link to major interstate and U.S. highways.

The Department of Transportation invests $710 million each year to ensure the vitality of the 11,753 miles of state highways.

Truck
Forty-five regional and national motor freight carriers serve Dane County. Parcel services include: UPS, Federal Express, Airborne Express and Emery Worldwide.

Rail
Businesses in MGE's service area have quality rail options:

• The Canadian Pacific Railroad provides freight transportation to and from major cities in the United States and Canada.
• Wisconsin and Southern Railroad Co. provides service throughout south-central Wisconsin.

Passenger rail
Governor Jim Doyle's Grow Wisconsin plan calls for the state to invest in passenger rail service. A Madison-to-Milwaukee, high-speed rail corridor is already part of the proposed Midwest Regional Rail Initiative, a 3,000-mile passenger rail system.

More details are available from the Department of Transportation.

Bus
Bus lines in MGE's service area can take you where you need to go:

• Greyhound Bus Lines has arrivals and departures daily from depots in Madison and other communities in MGE's service area.
• Badger Coaches Madison depot offers service to and from Milwaukee.
• Van Galder Bus Co. provides service between Madison and Chicago's O'Hare Airport, Chicago's Midway Airport and downtown Chicago.

Resources

• The Madison Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is responsible for cooperative, comprehensive regional transportation planning and decision making.
• The Madison City Assessor site offers detailed property information.
• Dane County will prepare and adopt a Comprehensive Plan by May 2006. Transportation is one of nine elements in the plan.