Last Friday, at about 1:30 PM, a train on Amtrak’s Wolverine line stopped on its way from Chicago to Detroit to pick up passengers in Ypsilanti. While it’s true that, back in late May of 2010, the President of Amtrak disembarked from a train in Depot Town and met with elected officials to discuss the […]
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The RTA’s regional transit master plan, Nick Tobier on the creation of temporary utopias, and the music of Chris Buhalis …on episode 46 of the Saturday Six Pack
I know I’ve mentioned this episode of the Saturday Six Pack before, but, I thought that I’d better post a more comprehensive tonight, seeing as how it deals with the regional transit master plan that we’ll all be voting on come Tuesday. For what it’s worth, I will be voting yes on the RTA initiative, […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Michigan, Politics, Rail, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized Also tagged AAATA, Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, Ann Arbor Ambassador Program, Ann Arbor Tech Center, Ben Stupka, Big Car Town, Chris Buhalis, creativity, Gillian Ream Gainsay, Hillary Clinton, mass transit, Megan Owens, Nick Tobier, Pete Larson, Peter Larson, public space, public transportation, Rail, Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan, RTA, trains, Transit Riders United, Utopia Toolbox: An Incitement to Radical Creativity 6 Comments
Can the Regional Transit Authority plan for SE Michigan be salvaged?
Several weeks ago, when I had Ben Stupka from the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan (RTA) on the Saturday Six Pack, we talked at some length about why it was that his organization’s new regional transit master plan seemed to be advancing through the political process so smoothly, when the 20-some previous attempts to […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Rail, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, BRT, Great Lakes Water Authority, L. Brooks Patterson, Macomb County, Mark Hackel, mass transit, millage, Oakland County, racism, Rail, Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan, regionalism, RTA, Stephen Henderson, trains, Washtenaw County, Wayne County 23 Comments