Saturday, March 17, 2012

Do you like having talent in your state? Then get #transit!

The Future of Transportation in Michigan: "When Andy Crosby travels around Michigan, he rarely drives a car. Instead, the graduate student, a longtime resident of Grand Rapids, uses trains or buses when he visits his friends or works on academic projects around Michigan.
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“When I ride the train, I can get a lot of work done,” he says. “It just makes sense.” But Crosby admits that getting around the state using bus and rail can be quite a challenge."

Friday, March 16, 2012

Grand Haven's Harbor Transit reports bus ridership up | MLive.com

Grand Haven's Harbor Transit reports bus ridership up | MLive.com: "More people are taking the bus to get around north Ottawa County, Harbor Transit reports.
Harbor Transit Transportation Director Tom Manderscheid said buses gave 7,360 rides in the first two weeks of February, a 30 percent increase from the same period last year.
“We’re delighted with the reception that we’ve gotten,” Manderscheid said. “We think it will only grow.”"

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

The Ann Arbor Chronicle | Ann Arbor Council OKs Transit Agreement

The Ann Arbor Chronicle | Ann Arbor Council OKs Transit Agreement: "After more than three and a half hours of deliberation ending after midnight at its March 5, 2012 meeting, the Ann Arbor city council gave approval to a four-party transit agreement – with the city of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County and the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority. The agreement would provide a framework and chronological sequence for the transition of the AATA to a new governance and funding structure. The Ann Arbor approval leaves several steps that would still need to be completed, before such a transition would be possible."

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