Benefits of Transit

The Many Benefits of Public Transit - Transit offers more than just a way to get around.  Here are many other benefits.

The Economic Benefits of Public Transit - Transit creates specific, measurable economic opportunities and benefits. 

Transit-Oriented Development - Many transit benefits are best realized when built with transit-oriented development - walkable, dense, mixed-use development. 

Why Detroit Needs Transit - Transit is about the future of Detroit.  No big city can survive without a quality rapid transit system.

Transit in Detroit

Transit Systems, Providers and other agencies providing transit and related services in southeast Michigan

Detroit area Transit Projects - including the Ann Arbor-Detroit Train line and the Detroit Transit Options for Growth Study

Detroit Transit History - including a timeline of Detroit's transit history, a 1942 map and old transit photos

How to Ride the Bus -   Every rider was once a first-timer; learn how easy it is to ride the bus in SE Michigan.

Citizens' Guide to Transportation Planning, by SEMCOG - 1 MB pdf download

Transit Impediments Committee Report, by SEMCOG, June 2005 - pdf download

Transit Information Resources

• Terminology & Technology - The technical side of transit can occasionally be confusing.  Learn many of the basic terms and modes.
• Rail definitions, resources and webpages - from the American Public Transportation Association
• Bus definitions, resources and webpages - also from APTA
• Public Transportation Fact Book, 2006 - also from APTA
• Federal Transportation Research Board reports and other publications
  Funding -  Transit funding is vital for its continued operation.  Learn about the various ways in which transit and other transportation modes are funded at the federal, state, region and local levels.
• Federal New Starts funding process
• American Public Transportation Association
• www.PublicTransportation.org
• Federal Transit Administration
• Michigan Public Transportation Association