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 to fund public transit. But we don’t make full use of that provision. Currently, just 7% of this revenue flows towards transit.
The Michigan Mobility Investment Act would ensure that the full 25% of auto-related sales tax revenue would go towards public transit systems across the state.
“Michigan’s economy and future depend on getting this right,” Morgan writes. “It’s time for leaders to act.”
Rep. Morgan previously co-founded the Legislature’s bipartisan, bicameral Public Transit Caucus.
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