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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Public transit supporters had high hopes that Michigan’s 102nd legislature would achieve great things, given the newly formed Legislative Transit Caucus and pledges from the Democratic trifecta to fight for affordability and equity. Yet beyond a one-time boost in last year’s budget, transit has achieved little lasting benefit. As the number of legislative session days
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For decades, the Michigan legislature was opposed to or apathetic about public transit. Advocates would come up to Lansing to fight against legislative proposals to gut transit funding. Oh how things have changed! First Meeting of the Legislative Transit Caucus In part from a recommendation from TRU, State Representatives Jason Morgan and Mike McFall have
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