The activists involved in the Occupy Detroit movement are planning a march this Friday focused on bus cuts! They recognize that good buses are a critical need for many of the 99% of us non-millionaires and are as outraged as we are about lousy DDOT bus service and massive cuts in DDOT and SMART. Join […]

Greetings from the Capitol! With your help, we’ve gathered postcards, petitions, and letters from over 800 people throughout greater Detroit calling on the Governor to make transit a major priority.  Today I joined our partners from Trans4M to deliver messages from several thousand Michigan residents, businesses, and municipal officials in support of transportation choices to

U.S. Sens. Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow announced 11 grants for Michigan transportation agencies to purchase buses, rehabilitate facilities and study new public transit options. The projects were selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation on a competitive basis. “Many families depend upon public transportation to shop and to get to class or to work,”

According to the Detroit Free Press: "The state has reached a deal to buy 135 miles of track from the Norfolk Southern rail company for $140 million, a crucial step in Michigan’s push for faster passenger rail service between Detroit and Chicago, officials said Wednesday. The Michigan Department of Transportation said its purchase of track

There’s been a lot of transit in the news recently, about rail progress, bus problems and more.  Here’s a sampling: October 6, Free Press: Michigan to spend $140M to buy 135 miles of train tracks October 3, Shelby-Utica Patch: Macomb County Joins Neighbors in Driving Regional Mass Transit October 2, Crain’s Detroit Business: DEGC, council