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June 2, 2006
Unemployment, Gas Prices Renew Transit Struggle
Advocates say better state support would boost Michigan economy
With high gas prices and unemployment rates forcing many Michigan families to cut costs but still maintain their mobility, public transportation ...more
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Rapid bus transit

Grand Rapids: Gateway to Michigan’s Transit Success A promising plan for light rail transit in downtown Detroit is hogging attention, but Grand ... More
   
The Grand Vision

Grand Vision: Where Red and Blue Meet Next week, The Grand Vision, the Traverse area’s popular citizen-based planning project, ... More
   
Bus rapid transit systems

Bus Rapid Transit Plan Draws Downtown Dollars Despite Michigan's many maladies, developer Jonathan Bradford is confidently pushing forward with ... More
   
Greman bus rapid transit

Feds OK Grand Rapids’ ‘New Start’ Transit Funds Just when it seemed Michigan was hitting a dead end on transit, one of the state’s top bus ... More
   
State Representative Marie Donigan

Fix a Road, Finance a Rapid Transit System Last year Representative Marie Donigan’s first town meeting on public transit drew an ... More
   
Could be Detroit

Draining Michigan’s Rapid Transit Swamp The Super Bowl spotlights in downtown Detroit were still cooling down when hometown hero Roger ... More
   
Not in Grand Rapids?

Will Election Year Politics Derail a New Start? State Representative Jerry Kooiman has twice asked colleagues in both parties to allow Grand Rapids ... More
   
Dead end?

Getting There No Longer Just About Highways and Cars in Detroit Are the Detroit region’s riven highways, slow population growth, high unemployment rate, rash ... More
   

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