Across Michigan, several cities voted on bus millages on Tuesday, mostly with very positive results: Saginaw News:  Voters approved a 3-mill three-year tax renewal for Saginaw Transit Authority Regional Services, by a vote of two to one.  The renewal will allow officials to maintain services and enable buses to run until 8 p.m. weekdays. Today, […]

WDET (Detroit Public Radio) has a daily show all about Detroit topics – Detroit Today.  This morning they discussed transit-oriented development and its potential for Troy and greater Detroit.  TRU Director Megan Owens and UM Real Estate Program Director Chris Leinberger were the guests for this very interesting 45-minute discussion.  You can listen to the discussion online

The Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority hosts the getDowntown Program – a great tool for downtown employees to consider commuting alternatives.  They put out a monthly Commuter Connection E-Newsletter.  Here are a few of the November highlights: Vanpooling – For people who live too far away to bus, bike or walk, vanpooling offers an alternative for

According to Effective Monday, October 29, 2007, the SMART Transit Centre will be moved from the First National Building to the first floor of the Buhl Building, located at 535 Griswold on the southwest corner of Griswold and Congress. The hours of operation will remain the same (Monday through Friday from 8:30 am until 5:00

Thank you to everyone who came to our fall meeting yesterday.  It was both informative and fun, with presentations on transit topics and a little Detroit Transit Jeopardy.  Find out if you really know Detroit transit – download a copy of the transit trivia questions and answers, including:     – when Detroit’s first public transit line