Transit in the news . .

There’s been quite a lot of transit in the news recently . . .

  • April 28 – Detroit News: Detroit-Ann Arbor train plan derailed
    • "There is a lot of interest and enthusiasm for this (Detroit-Ann Arbor) project from municipalities, local businesses, cultural institutions, entertainment venues … people who would use it for daily commuting," said Megan Owens, executive director of Transportation Riders United, a local nonprofit working to improve transit in the region.  "We need to make sure we’re providing the funding every other metropolitan area is providing if we’re going to compete."

  • April 18 – Detroit Free Press (editorial): Transit’s next big step
    • State House representatives are set to vote later this month on bills establishing a Regional Transit Authority for southeast Michigan. . . . The new authority, however, must operate in a truly regional way — by majority instead of unanimous vote — and not allow one county or city to veto progress for southeast Michigan.


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