We now have an official regional transit plan! This (Monday) afternoon, the Regional Transportation Coordinating Council (RTCC) voted unanimously to support the regional transit plan, with affirmative votes by Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrell, Macomb County Commission Chairman Bill Crouchman, Wayne County Executive Bob Ficano and Oakland County Executive Brooks Patterson. Please send your thanks to […]

Michigan NOW and Model D report on transit efforts in Lansing: "By Christmas, Gov. Granholm is expected to sign a bill allowing a light rail project in Detroit. The city’s most prominent businessmen are ready to pay more than $100 million of their own to bring trains to Woodward Ave. They haven’t had a place

The Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association has proposed changing Michigan’s gas tax and increasing vehicle registration fees, an investment that would add a critical $1.5 billion into Michigan’s transportation network, including $150 million a year for public transit, while costing the average driver just 40-cents a day. While transit advocates rarely agree with MITA, we

Did you know . . . The National Safety Council concludes that riding a transit bus or commuter train is 25 times safer than traveling by car. Vehicle accidents remain one of the nation’s most severe public health problems, costing the nation $200 billion annually.