I should know better than to try to make sense of the arguments being offered by the rag tag band anti-tax activists who have come together to fight the AAATA millage we’ll be voting on next month, but, when I heard that they’d launched a website, I thought that I’d check it out, and see […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ann Arbor Public Library, anti-tax, Better Transit Now, buses, Carolyn Grawi, commuter rail, elections, go!pass, Keep Ypsi Rollin', Lou Glorie, Martha Valadez, mass transit, millage, More Buses, Murph, n-word, NightRide, parking, poverty, public transportation, race and poverty, racism, Richard Murphy, tea party, the growing gap between rich and poor, trains, transit, transportation funding, transportation planning, unfounded accusations, University of Michigan, WALLY, Ypsilanti Township |
By Mark | February 26, 2014
On May 6, the citizens of Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township are going to have an opportunity to go to their local polling places and weigh in on whether or not they want to enact a milage that would allow the Ann Arbor Area Transit Authority (AAATA) to plan to dramatically expand services. The […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Rail, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged AAATA, AATA, AirRide, Alexis Blizman, Ann Arbor - Detroit rail, Ann Arbor Area Transit Authority, Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living, Ann Arbor Public Library, anti-tax, Better Transit Now, buses, Carolyn Grawi, commuter rail, elections, go!pass, Keep Ypsi Rollin', Lou Glorie, Martha Valadez, mass transit, millage, More Buses, Murph, NightRide, parking, public transportation, Richard Murphy, tea party, trains, transit, transportation funding, transportation planning, unfounded accusations, University of Michigan, WALLY, Ypsilanti Township |
By Mark | September 16, 2009
Remember how, a few days ago, I mentioned that Ypsilanti’s City Council had, as a cost savings measure, voted to trim local bus service? Well, it looks now as though the AATA might be willing to cover our shortfall, so that service can continue at present levels for the near future… Or at least that’s […]
By Mark | September 10, 2009
On Tuesday, as a cost savings measure, our City Council voted 5-1 to cut AATA route #5, and to reduce service hours on Routes #10 and #11. After trying unsuccessfully for two days to write something meaningful on the subject myself, I decided to outsource the job to someone with a much greater understanding of […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti | Also tagged 2010 ConCon, AATA, Ann Arbor DDA, bus service, busses, gas tax, go!pass, mass transit, parking meters, productivity, regional funding of mass transportation, regional property tax, Richard Murphy, riders per service hour, spillover effects, transportation planning |
