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 […]
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Michigan asks Washington for $830 million to establish Detroit-Chicago high-speed rail
Posted in Detroit, Global Warming, Rail, Sustainability, Ypsilanti Also tagged 9/11, Amtrak, Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, budget cuts, Carmine Palumbo, Chicago, Detroit Free Press, high-speed rail, Jennifer Granholm, John Dingell, manufacturing, Mark Shauer, Robert Ficano, SEMCOG, subsidies, train manufacturing, Wayne County, Ypsilanti train depot 12 Comments
The Governor comes through with $500K for Ypsi Freighthouse
As promised, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm came to town this morning to drop off a giant $500,000 check for the restoration of Ypsilanti’s historic Freighthouse… Here’s a photo snapped by our friend Thomas Kula, who somehow managed to position himself in the front row: The following video comes from the Ypsilanti Citizen. If you watch […]
Posted in Michigan, Rail, Ypsilanti Also tagged Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, Chicago, Detroit, Dingell, Friends of the Freighthouse, Granholm, high-speed rail, Paul Schreiber, Recovery Act, St Louis, stimulus, Thomas Kula, transportation enhancement, Ypsilanti Citizen, Ypsilanti Freighthouse 12 Comments