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Michigan asks Washington for $830 million to establish Detroit-Chicago high-speed rail

By Mark | August 24, 2009

Remember how, a while ago, I told you that the feds had set aside over $8 billion for high-speed rail projects, and Michigan was joining with other states in the vicinity of Chicago to make a request? Well, today was the deadline, and it appears as though we’ve requested $830 million from Uncle Sam. At […]

Posted in Detroit, Global Warming, Rail, Sustainability, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 9/11, Amtrak, Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, budget cuts, Chicago, Detroit Free Press, high-speed rail, Jennifer Granholm, John Dingell, manufacturing, Mark Shauer, Milwaukee, Robert Ficano, SEMCOG, subsidies, train manufacturing, Wayne County, Ypsilanti train depot | 12 Comments

SEMCOG’s Carmine Palumbo talks trains in Ypsi

By Mark | March 18, 2009

I don’t have a lot of time tonight, but I attended this evening’s Ypsilanti Planning Commission meeting, which was largely about the east-west rail line, and I wanted to pass along my notes. So, here are the highlights, as I heard them. Make of them what you will. And feel free to add comments, questions, […]

Posted in Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged AATA, Amtrak, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, Canadian National, Chicago, Conrad Shared Assets, Dearborn, Dennis Dahlman, Detroit, Friends of the Freighthouse, Granholm, Heritage Festival, MDOT, Norfolk Southern, Pontiac, Richard Murphy, SEMCOG, stimulus, Thompson Block, Ypsilanti Freighthouse, Ypsilanti Planning Commission | 42 Comments

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