There’s a new commuting option for downtown workers.  Royal Transportation, which used to carry just GM workers to the Ren Cen, is now open for everyone. Royal Transportation Co. is now offering commuter services for professionals to get downtown in a timely and comfortable manner.  Sit back and let someone else do the driving. The […]

This past Monday morning, many of the region’s top transit leaders met with some of the nation’s top transit experts.  Arranged by the Federal Transit Administration, the transit agency directors from Salt Lake City, Denver, Dallas, Portland and Atlanta each made a presentation introducing their light rail system, how it was developed, and offering suggestions

New stations added to the Woodward Light Rail line are causing media speculation about a new hockey arena.  Check out the stories on WXYZ TV and Crain’s Detroit Business: "The recent inclusion of a Temple Street stop — an otherwise low-key location near condos and vacant lots — as part of Detroit’s Woodward Avenue light-rail

On Monday, top transit leaders from the Obama Administration and from Portland, Denver, Dallas, Atlanta, and Salt Lake City came to Detroit to share their experience and offer tips for developing a successful transit system.  The invitation-only audience included city, suburban, county, state, and congressional officials, M-1 Rail funders, a few media and transit advocates

In a discussion with the Detroit Free Press, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said GM, DTE, and Blue Cross may be joining in investing in the Woodward Light Rail project. In response to concerns that the M-1 investors still haven’t given full commitment to fund the project as planned, Mayor Bing said, "I think there are