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."
- "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 28 – Detroit Free Press: Cost stalls commuter rail line; Limited Detroit-Ann Arbor service proposed
- April 27 – Mlive.com: Detroit-to-Ann Arbor commuter rail on hold; SEMCOG suggests raising gas tax to fund it
- April 21 – Detroit News (Editorial): Michigan, U.S. need massive transit plan
- We could build the rails and the trains right here in Michigan, indeed helping to "move us forward" on two fronts. The question remains — will we? Or should we be adopting the Detroit Lions mantra, "There is always next year?"
- We could build the rails and the trains right here in Michigan, indeed helping to "move us forward" on two fronts. The question remains — will we? Or should we be adopting the Detroit Lions mantra, "There is always next year?"
- 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.
- 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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