MLUI urges local leaders to realize transit boosts development
A group from Grand Rapids is headed to Portland to learn about how transit has electrified the local economy. Transit advocates hope the civic leaders on the trip come away with a real sense of what a necessary ingredient transit is to the redevelopment mix.
A group from Grand Rapids is headed to Portland to learn about how
transit has electrified the local economy. Transit advocates hope the
civic leaders on the trip come away with a real sense of what a
necessary ingredient transit is to the redevelopment mix.
Excerpt from article:
Now, as a delegation of civic leaders from Grand
Rapids, Mich. heads [to Portland] to study how Portland’s trolleys sealed this
town’s stunning comeback, their journey again raises a crucial
question: When will the Great Lakes region’s many fading cities,
particularly Michigan’s, see investing in transit as necessary for
restoring the region’s once-boundless prosperity?
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