Update: 9/26 The state government has reached a budget deal. And out of $1.5 billion in new transportation funding, only 3% of that will go to transit. This is a tiny amount that will only avert a short-term crisis, and won’t allow for any growth in our transit systems. Michigan law currently allows up to […]
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The state of Michigan has long underfunded public transit, but in a recent Detroit News op-ed, State Representative Jason Morgan (D-Ann Arbor) made the case for a new proposal to boost transit funding: House Bill 4210, the Michigan Mobility Investment Act. Under state law, 25% of the revenue from Michigan’s auto-related sales tax is allowed
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Despite Michigan voters passing over 90% of transit ballot measures across the state over the past 10 years, Michigan legislators have not made transit funding a priority over the past two decades. Based on current proposals, Michigan’s 77 transit agencies could get the lowest state reimbursement ever, even as need for transit grows. Even as our state juggles
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After decades of talk about fixing the damn roads with minimal meaningful action, the Michigan House of Representatives voted on Wednesday March 19 to pass a $3 billion transportation funding package! It would make major new investments in local roads but provide only a tiny increase for local buses, which TRU and other advocates are
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Michigan legislators are deciding in the next few months how to spend $6-9 billion on transportation. They need to hear from you on how they should spend it. TRU and allies from all across Michigan will be bringing 100 transit supporters together to talk to our state policymakers about how essential transit is for Michiganders
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