Text for bus wait time in Detroit

DDOT will now give bus ETA via test message! h/t 2 women, 4 wheels.

VIDEO: BATA Offers Free Public Transit at Film Festival | MI News 26

VIDEO: BATA Offers Free Public Transit at Film Festival | MI News 26: "The Bay Area Transportation Authority is providing free bus service at this year’s film festival. Busses are running every 15 minutes during this year’s festival, and offer transit to numerous locations around the city.. A group of film festival ambassadors are on-hand to help out festival-goers who are using public transportation."

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Holland, Michigan, free transit this Saturday

Saturday is Clean Air Action Day - Holland, MI - The Holland Sentinel: "Holland —
Saturday has been declared a Clean Air Action Day by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

It has been listed as unhealthy for sensitive groups. Temperatures are expected in the low to mid-90s with high humidity and those who are sensitive to it should stay hydrated and limit strenuous activity outdoors.

With the mild winter and early heat there will likely be more action days this year, this the 22nd for the Grand rapids/Holland area. A total of eight were declared in 2011.

A DEQ Air Quality Division spokesman said in a previous interview with The Sentinel that West Michigan tends to see more because the chemicals in weather masses moving slowly over Lake Michigan will essentially cook from the reflection of the sun on the water.

To limit environmental impact on Clean Air Action Days, people could walk, bike or take public transportation instead of driving, not fuel vehicles or use gas-powered lawn equipment or charcoal lighter fluid.

The Macatawa Area Express Transit Authority offers free rides on its eight fixed route on Air Action Days."

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Under Pressure, Michigan Gov. Snyder Vetoes Voter Suppression Bills « Main Street

Thank you, #wiunion. Teabag governors are being forced to be sneakier.

Under Pressure, Michigan Gov. Snyder Vetoes Voter Suppression Bills « Main Street: "But it does mean that the voter suppression issue has been exposed and made public such that Snyder – a consummate politician – didn’t want to be associated with it. And even as we fight Snyder and hits allies for Michiganders’ right to bargain collectively and control their own local governments, the crack in the Republican front in the war on voting rights is a victory unto itself."

Anti-transit, anti-gay mayor may face recall vote

Signatures Submitted In Effort To Recall Troy Mayor « CBS Detroit: "Kulesz adds that others are upset that Daniels voted against a transit center, accusing her of not listened to the Troy business community.

“The transit center issue was important.  She ignored the business community and their absolute want for the transit center,” said Kulesz.  “The business community said it will bring jobs and investment to the city.”"

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Senior citizens in the city of Muskegon expected to rally around transit program target for budget cut | MLive.com

Senior citizens in the city of Muskegon expected to rally around transit program target for budget cut | MLive.com: "The residents can’t understand why senior citizens have been targeted for budget cuts in the proposed 2012-13 city budget. That relatively status-quo spending plan eliminates the $77,000 senior transit service beginning July 1."

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PressTV - Turn out the lights - The largest US cities are becoming cesspools of filth

PressTV - Turn out the lights - The largest US cities are becoming cesspools of filth: " In fact, some major U.S. cities are literally turning out the lights. In Detroit, about 40 percent of the streetlights are already broken and the city cannot afford to repair them. So Mayor Bing has come up with a plan to cut the number of operating streetlights almost in half and leave vast sections of the city totally in the dark at night. I wonder what that will do to the crime rate in the city. But don't look down on Detroit too much, because what is happening in Detroit will be happening where you live soon enough.
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