Michigan will soon have important new tools to support transit-oriented development, thanks to the work of transit champion and outgoing state Rep. Marie Donigan. She pushed through a key package that makes sure Michigan’s economic development tools work for transit-oriented development, such as using brownfield tax credits to build a new mixed use development at […]
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First the bad news – the Michigan Senate failed to act on the rail bonding bill. With just three days on the schedule and hundreds of issues pressing for their attention, the Michigan Senate did not vote on HB 6484. That means it dies, along with every other incomplete bill this year. One of the
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High Speed Rail? Michigan is Moving in Reverse! The State Senate Must Act Now to Get Us Off the Slow Track. Michigan is at a rail crossroad. We could have our trains (and our economy) running at 110 mph, yet they are now running at just 40 mph, literally! Just yesterday (November 30), Norfolk Southern
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A train from Chicago to Detroit in less than four hours? It could be coming, if the Michigan Senate votes for HB 6484! Michigan will get at least $161 million from the feds to buy and improve railroad track connecting Detroit-Dearborn-Ann Arbor-Kalamazoo, IF the state provides the required $35 million match. HB 6484 provides that match
Call-in Day for Michigan Rail – Tuesday, Nov. 30! Read More »
Why should drivers receive double the tax deduction for parking that transit commuters get? If Congress doesn’t act, that’s what will happen in January. A provision in the stimulus bill increased the transit benefit from $120 to $230, finally putting it on equal footing with the $230 parking benefit. But that provision is about to
Tell Congress: Transit riders should not be treated as second class citizens! Read More »
