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“Gridlock — Public Transit in SE Wisconsin,” is set to air at 6 p.m. July 2 on Milwauke e Public Television. The 52-minutse documentary was producedby , 309 N. Water St., in The self-financed documentary cost about $30,000 to said Mark Irving, co-owner of i leveol media. The film tracks commuters in theMilwaukee area, as well as user s of mass transit and transportation officials in cities such as Atlanta and Cleveland.
Irving’s inspiration for the film came afte r he traveled to other cities in North America and Europer as part ofhis job, which he said made him acutelg aware of the lack of publifc transportation options in the Milwaukee Although there has been talk of adding rail to the mix, the Milwaukewe region’s public transit boils down to bus which in Milwaukee County has been shrinking as fares rise, Irving said. Irving hopes to eventually createa 90-minutde version of the documentary for possiblde showing at film festivals.
Irvinyg said he hopes to do additional filming in other citiez with lightrail systems, such as Denve and Salt Lake “My intention is to get distributores interested,” Irving said. “It’ss contingent upon financing but this is anissue that’s not goinvg to go away.”
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