New Economic Engine is the first of four annual transit reports to be published by the Michigan Land Use Institute in partnership with United Cerebral Palsy of Michigan. MLUI and UCP Michigan are part of the statewide Michigan Transportation and Land Use Coalition, which is working to make public transit — including service to people with disabilities — a local and state priority in Michigan.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• The Transit Connection
• Bumpy Ride for Buses and Trains
• Rhetoric vs. Reality
• Federal Dollars Flow Elsewhere
• Cities With Vision Move Ahead
• Top Transit Leaves No One Behind
• Broad Support Revs Up Public Transit

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Michigan Land Use Institute and United Cerebral Palsy of Michigan gratefully acknowledge the Michigan Developmental Disabilities Council, the Archdiocese of Detroit, and the Joyce Foundation for making this project possible.