A Detroit Free Press editorial explains it well:  Gov.-elect Rick Snyder will find the road to a 21st Century transportation system bumpy — with plenty of detours and dead-ends. He made the trip a little smoother this week by retaining respected transportation professional Kirk Steudle as director of the Michigan Department of Transportation. A […]

Michigan will soon have important new tools to support transit-oriented development, thanks to the work of transit champion and outgoing state Rep. Marie Donigan. She pushed through a key package that makes sure Michigan’s economic development tools work for transit-oriented development, such as using brownfield tax credits to build a new mixed use development at

First the bad news – the Michigan Senate failed to act on the rail bonding bill. With just three days on the schedule and hundreds of issues pressing for their attention, the Michigan Senate did not vote on HB 6484. That means it dies, along with every other incomplete bill this year. One of the

High Speed Rail? Michigan is Moving in Reverse! The State Senate Must Act Now to Get Us Off the Slow Track. Michigan is at a rail crossroad. We could have our trains (and our economy) running at 110 mph, yet they are now running at just 40 mph, literally! Just yesterday (November 30), Norfolk Southern

A train from Chicago to Detroit in less than four hours? It could be coming, if the Michigan Senate votes for HB 6484! Michigan will get at least $161 million from the feds to buy and improve railroad track connecting Detroit-Dearborn-Ann Arbor-Kalamazoo, IF the state provides the required $35 million match. HB 6484 provides that match