Transit efforts making strides

Finally, there are more than “what-ifs” to talk about as far as building transit in the region.

According to the story:

The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments is preparing to announce
a preferred route and technology for a proposed Ann Arbor to Detroit
transit line that is eligible for $100 million in federal funding. The
organizers of Detroit’s successful Super Bowl week in February are now
prominent public transit advocates. Rising fuel prices have helped put
alternatives to driving at the top of the list of public priorities in
metropolitan Detroit.

And, on April 20, Democratic Governor Jennifer M. Granholm and the
Republican leaders of the state House and Senate completed weeks of
negotiation and reached a groundbreaking agreement on building roads
and financing rapid transit.

For the first time in Michigan’s history, the governor and the
lawmakers married rapid transit financing to road and highway
construction. They agreed on an infrastructure development pact that
views highways and transit as equally critical pieces of the state’s
development strategy.

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