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Fund It, Fix It, Make It Fair: Public Transit in the New Economy

Alliance to Develop Power | Posted 02.04.2013 | Impact
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2012-11-13-jrlogo300x60.gif013 is the do-or-die year for Massachusetts's public transit systems. The Governor and Legislature have promised to fix their chronic funding crisis so they can repair, rebuild and replace their trains, buses and subway cars.

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Metro Detroit One Step Closer To Regional Transit Authority

Posted 12.06.2012 | Detroit
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UPDATE: 4:33pm -- While SB 909 passed the House, three related bills are still stalled as Democrats protest right-to-work legislation advanced by the ...

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House Republicans May Fight Mass Transit In Michigan

HuffingtonPost.com | David Sands | Posted 11.29.2012 | Detroit
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Public transportation advocates are turning up the heat on lobbying efforts after the state Senate approved a bundle of legislation that would create ...

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Regional Transit On Track To Move Forward

Posted 11.28.2012 | Detroit
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Regional dreams for a mass transit system in Metro Detroit took a large step toward becoming reality Tuesday. The Michigan Senate approved a packa...

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Light Rail Still Waiting For Federal Funding

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 06.06.2012 | Detroit
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Backers of Detroit's on-again, off-again light rail project who were expecting some good news Monday may have to wait two months longer for a federal ...

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How To Get From Detroit To Traverse City Without A Car

The Huffington Post | Kate Abbey-Lambertz | Posted 03.21.2012 | Detroit
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How do you get from Detroit's Metropolitan Airport to Traverse City, some 260 miles north, without a car? It might sound like an unsolvable riddle, bu...

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