Despite no real changes in the mayor’s budget proposal for DDOT and no hearings or public input, major cuts in DDOT bus service start tomorrow. Many routes will start service later in the morning, end service earlier at night, or come less frequently during the day.  Some frequencies are dropping to every 55 or 60 […]

An update on the federal budget from our friends at the Transportation Equity Network: Just a few weeks after the 2011 budget battle concluded, the US House is already preparing to take on the 2012 budget and they’ve proposed drastic cuts to the overall transportation budget. The House recently approved Paul Ryan’s budget 2012 budget

Woodward Light Rail isn’t the only great Woodward Project these days.  A team of passionate regional advocates has put together a website, a video, and really a philosophy about how to revitalize our region – starting with Woodward Avenue. Metro Detroit’s tragic history has left it without viable urban neighborhoods… or has it?  With significant

Gas price woes? House and Senate Approps Subcommittees on Transportation tell Michiganders: “Tough luck” The House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Transportation this morning refused to provide Michiganders with more solutions to combat high gas prices by going against the governor’s funding recommendation for fiscal year 2012 and reducing public transportation funding by 8 to10

This morning, Rep. Dave Agema offered a budget recommendation to the House Appropriations Subcommittee he chairs that would cut $20 million from bus operation funds. He wants to give $10 million of that to state highways and $10 million to local roads.   This would be devastating to public transit agencies in metro Detroit and