According to Crain’s Detroit Business: State Rep. Bert Johnson will introduce legislation Thursday that would establish a regional mass transit authority for metro Detroit despite concern from Mayor Dave Bing’s administration. . . . Bills that would set up the authority to govern a system of improved and new bus and rail service throughout Wayne, […]

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According to the Detroit News and other media, the US House and Senate passed a major spending bill, that President Obama is expected to sign, that includes several key provisions for Detroit-area transit: It provides $3.5 million for the Detroit-Airport-Ann Arbor commuter train. It provides $1.3 million for the Troy-Birmingham Transit Center. It supports Woodward

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