The Detroit Free Press Friday announced new details about the potential for a privately funded light rail or streetcar line on Woodward Avenue.  Wayne State University has agreed to help fund it, in exchange for naming rights to a station.  It lists stop locations, several funders, tentative fares, and more.  It also uses our […]

Metro Detroit drivers spend over $20 billion a year on our private transportation system – just to own and operate cars. (According to SEMCOG, the 3.5 million people of the tri-county area drove 39.6 billion miles last year.  According to the IRS, the average cost of driving is currently $0.585 per mile, including the costs

In the News – Cities on the Rebound:  A Brookings Institution report cites census data that indicate Older Cities Are Holding onto More People.  A Wall Street Journal article pronounces the End of White Flight.  Governing.com cites the Atlantic Station brownfields project as an example of urban rejuvenation and back-to-the-city demographics in “Atlanta and the

All across the country, commuters are turning to transit as an alternative to outrageous gas prices.  Public transit use jumped 5.2% for the April-June period, compared to the same months last year, according to a survey released by the American Public Transportation Association.  The association said Americans took more than 2.8 billion trips on public

As you probably know, the single biggest barrier to successful transit is funding. While the region needs to continue to develop rapid transit plans, get better regional cooperation, and improve bus service, without sufficient and stable funding, Michigan will never have the quality regional transit system that is so important to our future. This fall,