For the second time in the past five years, roughly two-thirds of Macomb County voters approved a proposal to renew the property tax that supports public transit (primarily SMART) service in the county. Over 65% of voters supported the proposal – which, remarkably, appears to have passed in every precinct in the county, even in […]
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SMART is expanding in Wayne County next year. Now that Wayne countywide transit expansion has passed, SMART is implementing new and modified bus service! SMART proposed various new services, but it will take multiple years for every service change to be implemented. However, we have the first round of service changes for next year, and
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After the huge success of the Wayne County-wide transit millage in the August election, SMART is proposing significant expansions of transit service in the coming year, the first phase in the roll-out of new service in western Wayne County. The agency will hold ihttps://www.smartbus.org/About/News/proposed-2027-service-changes. As described on the SMART website, A couple additional changes are
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Want better transit? Then join the fight. Our next campaigns (volunteer) meeting will be on Thursday, November 12 on Zoom at 6pm. We’ll talk about some next campaigns we’re working on for the rest of the year. These regular volunteer meetings are great for new members and long term members, and are open to anyone
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Congress proposed a 20% cut to transit and 80% cut to rail funding! On September 2, 2026, President Trump signed the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027 (P.L. 119-103) into law. This funding law supports federal programs and includes short term funding for “Surface Transportation”. However, this law does not include “advance appropriations”, a form
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