Tomorrow, Michigan proponents for rail, like myself, are being encouraged to pick up their phones and call Michigan Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop, urging him to call a vote on the $35 million in matching funds necessary if we’re to claim the $161 million federal rail grant we recently became eligible for. Here, with the […]
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If you support rail in Michigan, pick up the phone Tuesday morning and make a call
Posted in Michigan, Rail, Ypsilanti Also tagged Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, call to action, Connecting the Midwest, Detroit - Chicago rail, DetroitTransit, Federal Rail Administration, funding match, HB 6484, high-speed rail, Kalamazoo, mass transit, Michael Bishop, Michigan Senate, Michigan Suburbs Alliance, Millennial Mayors Congress, More Transit More Jobs, PIRG, Rail, regional funding of mass transportation, Richard Murphy, State Building Authority, TEN, transportation funding, Transportation Riders United, TRU, Wayne Schmidt 15 Comments
One step closer to the Ann Arbor – Detroit rail line
It looks like we might have taken another step closer to getting an honest to goodness socialist form of transportation here in Ypsi. Here’s a letter I just received from City Council member Pete Murdock. Great news for passenger rail in Michigan: last night about 11:00pm the House of Representatives passed HB 6484 (67 voting […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Politics, Rail, Ypsilanti Also tagged AATA, AM radio, Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, freedom fries, HB 6484, mass transit, Michigan by Rail, Moving You Forward, Pete Murdock, Thayrone, the threat of Socialism, TheRide, traffic circles, Transit Master Plan for Washtenaw County, Transit Master Plan game 8 Comments