Did you know . . . The RTCC has calculated the economic and fiscal impact of just four rapid transit corridors in great Detroit, estimating that they will create: 30,000 new jobs (direct and indirect) $1.4 billion in payroll 10,800 new housing units $224 million in annual retail sales $87 million in annual tax revenue

The city of Wichita’s Wichita Transit, and North American Bus Industries Inc. worked together with Wichita radio station B98-FM to Stuff the Bus, a collaborative effort to help Santa provide for families in need this holiday season and throughout the year. The transit buses stopped at 68 different locations in Wichita and Hutchinson, Kan., December

Bad news – efforts to increase transit funding this year have died. Good news – the bills allowing and supporting a non-profit Woodward streetcar line passed. The broad, diverse coalition of supporters, including legislators, road builders, MDOT officials, transit agencies and numerous others, have vowed to start the effort again early next year.  There is

According to Boston.com: "President-elect Barack Obama will journey to the nation’s capital for his historic inauguration by train, his inaugural committee announced today.  The trip on Jan. 17 — three days before his swearing-in — is designed to highlight the inaugural theme of "Renewing America’s Promise" by reviving a tradition of presidential whistlestop tours and