President Obama was on the road to garner support for the economic stimulus package that passed the Senate early Tuesday morning. He was speaking today at a town hall forum in Ft. Myers, Florida, and near the end of his hour-long session, a city councilwoman asked him about transportation and infrastructure in the stimulus. Here’s […]

In Governor Granholm’s State of the State speech last night, she said: "Soon, I also will recommend long-term reforms to achieve affordable but stable funding for maintenance and repairs to our roads, bridges and transit systems." I don’t actually know what she means, but it’s good that she recognizes it as important!  Stay tuned!!

Thanks to the 150 people who came to our annual meeting and made it a great success!  If you weren’t able to attend, or would like to see the SEMCOG video or RTCC region plan presentation again, we’ve posted  Annual Meeting minutes online. 

DATE: Tuesday, January 27, 2009, 6:30 p.m. LOCATION: Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit ATTENDEES: One hundred-fifty four (154) people were in attendance, including 18 elected officials and media. PROGRAM: The event began with a video presentation created by SEMCOG called, “Get On Board,” which features regional political, business, and transit leaders explaining the importance of and

Our friends at Transportation For America are closely following the national debate over a federal economic stimulus package, especially the infrastructure investment proposals.  They’ve got some serious concerns about the House package and want the Senate to do better: Last week, the House released a stimulus package that overemphasizes road-building and underfunds transit and other