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The 111th Congress was sworn in yesterday, including two new representatives from Michigan – Rep. Mark Schauer and Rep. Gary Peters.  The Congress immediately got down to the important work of assigning committees. Two Michigan representatives will serve on two key transportation committees: Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Detroit) will rejoin the Transportation / Housing / […]

News reports and advocacy groups report that work continues on a massive stimulus package that President-Elect Obama hopes to sign in January, which will likely includes many billions of dollars for transportation infrastructure projects.  But as always, the devil is in the details.  According to our friends at the Midwest High Speed Rail Network, "There

Did you know . . . The RTCC has calculated the economic and fiscal impact of just four rapid transit corridors in great Detroit, estimating that they will create: 30,000 new jobs (direct and indirect) $1.4 billion in payroll 10,800 new housing units $224 million in annual retail sales $87 million in annual tax revenue

The city of Wichita’s Wichita Transit, and North American Bus Industries Inc. worked together with Wichita radio station B98-FM to Stuff the Bus, a collaborative effort to help Santa provide for families in need this holiday season and throughout the year. The transit buses stopped at 68 different locations in Wichita and Hutchinson, Kan., December

Bad news – efforts to increase transit funding this year have died. Good news – the bills allowing and supporting a non-profit Woodward streetcar line passed. The broad, diverse coalition of supporters, including legislators, road builders, MDOT officials, transit agencies and numerous others, have vowed to start the effort again early next year.  There is