SEMCOG and the region’s transit providers will be conducting an on-board transit survey – TravelCount’10. The purpose of the survey is to gather current ridership data for transportation planning efforts, future forecasting, and for submitting federal grant applications and to help improve the transit system. Survey/data collection will begin on September 20 starting on DDOT […]

People who live in communities with high-quality public transportation exercise more, live longer, and are generally healthier than residents of communities that lack quality public transit. Evaluating Public Transportation Health Benefits, a study conducted for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) by Todd Litman of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute aggregates the findings of several

Several times a year, DDOT makes adjustments to its bus routes and schedules to better serve its riders.  Starting September 4, changes will go into effect for a dozen DDOT routes: Additional runs will be added to assist DPS students. The bus stop located on Grand River between Griswold and Washington Blvd. will be moved.

If you’re in a hurry on the highway, what lane do you drive in? Rapid transportation uses the left lane, of course. So why would we put Detroit’s first RAPID transit in the slow lane? Yet one of the options for Woodward Light Rail (pdf, page 8) is for the train to share the right

Members of the Ann Arbor-Detroit Regional Rail Project Team will host a booth at the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival August 20-22, 2010.  Stop by the booth to learn more about progress being made on the project. For more info (or to invite them to another event), contact: Carmine Palombo, SEMCOG Director of Transportation Programs.