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People are Talking about Passenger Rail! Major feature in Crain’s Detroit

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Crain’s Detroit Business has a Forum feature on passenger rail this week, with four different articles on passenger rail! And the theme is expansion, new stops, and better train service for us all. The forum New Destinations: How Michigan may add more in-state train travel options provides a breakdown of Michigan’s train service, where it’s […]

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Amtrak train on a snowy day in Metro Detroit. Photo by Jack Lee Styrker II

TRU x MARP event on Cross-State Transit 4/18

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Join Transportation Riders United and the Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers (MARP) for an event exploring intercity transportation: The bus-train connection! This will be a joint meeting of members and volunteers with both organizations, and is open to the general public as well! This event will be held from 2 to 4pm at the Dearborn

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Amtrak Wolverine at Detroit station. Photo by Jack Lee Stryker II

Reconnecting Michigan: A Vision for Cross-State Transit & TTT Recap

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For over 50 years, Michigan has provided modest intercity bus and train service to provide residents with affordable transportation connections across and beyond our state. These services are well-used, but they are not sufficiently well-developed or convenient to meet our travel needs. As a result, for most cross-state trips, Michiganders rely on driving and flying.

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Big promises on transit from President-Elect Biden

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Public transit advocates have good reason to be optimistic about how public transit will fare under President-Elect Joe Biden. While getting legislation through the Senate will be challenging, he has bold goals for improving transit. President-Elect Biden’s Big Commitments In the transition team’s newly published Build Back Better website, Biden commits to: “Provide every American

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