If anyone wonders how our region and state can get more federal funds, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made it very clear in recent visits to Detroit and to Florida: According to the Free Press, he said, "One of the most critical aspects that we’ll be looking at is there has to be a regional […]

Our Detroit City Council Candidate Forum last week was great, thanks to the candidates and dozens of supporters like you! Candidates attending included: Shelley Foy, Gary Brown, Lisa Howze, JoAnn Watson, David Cross, Jai-Lee Dearing, Fred Elliott Hall, Raphael Johnson, James Tate, and a representative for Andre Spivey. Every candidate there agreed that transit is

Curious where the federal stimulus money for transportation is going?  Here is the current list of southeast Michigan projects from SEMCOG.  Check page 5 for SMART, page 6 for AATA, and page 8 for DDOT. 

A shimmer of good news in a sea of bad . . . We have successfully held off the cut of $11.5 million from the state transit fund and state Amtrak funding was not eliminated! A huge thank you to everyone who has called, written, or met with their legislators in recent months.  We’ve heard

Just two days from the start of the 2010 fiscal year, and the state still has no budget.  Republican leaders are still trying to balance everything by cutting into the bone of state funding, including transit!! State Rep. Lee Gonzales, chair of the conference committee, is holding firm on not gutting transit.  We need to