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4/25/2012
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SMART service levy will be on some primary ballots, Spinal Column
The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) — which is governed by a board of directors made up of representatives from Oakland, Wayne, Macomb and Monroe counties that selects the general manager to hire its day-to-day operations — boasts that it provides access through its transportation services to more than 59,000 businesses and 850,000 jobs. The Oakland County Board of Commissioners approved last week a resolution allowing communities to place before their voters a two-year, 0.59-mill levy for the bus services in the Aug. 7 primary election.
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4/24/2012
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Green City Diaries: Walk the walk, Model D
Francis Grunow, a northwest Detroiter who moved to New York for school and stayed a few years for work, describes a transformational moment he experienced there after college: the realization that he could get anywhere in the city he wanted to without a car. He felt, in that moment, "the distinct sense of being freer than (he’d) ever been before."
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4/10/2012
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Could new train station spur downtown redevelopment?, Dearborn Press and Guide
DEARBORN — The new $28.2 million federally-funded intermodal passenger rail station should mean more comfort and easier access for travelers, but local and area officials are hoping it will put the city on track toward development and increased tourism dollars.
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3/12/2012
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Use of Public Transit Rose in 2011, Report Says - NYTimes.com, New York Times
In another indication that more people are getting back to work, Americans took 200 million more rides last year on subways, commuter trains, light-rail systems and public buses than they did the year before, according to a new report by a leading transit association.
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3/12/2012
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10.4 Billion Trips Taken On U.S. Public Transportation In 2011 , APTA
Second Highest Annual Ridership Since 1957 - According to a report released today by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), Americans took 10.4 billion trips on public transportation in 2011, the second highest annual ridership since 1957. Only ridership in 2008, when gas rose to more than $4 a gallon, surpassed last year’s ridership. With an increase of 2.3 percent over the 2010 ridership, this was the sixth year in a row that more than 10 billion trips were taken on public transportation systems nationwide.
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2/29/2012
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Officials discuss benefits of ‘rolling rapid transit’ system, C&G Papers
There was a buzz of excitement in the air as dozens of local leaders gathered to discuss the future of bus rapid transit (BRT) in metro Detroit, a system that supporters believe offers most of the same benefits as light rail, but with greater versatility and a lower price tag.
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2/24/2012
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How this transit system differs, Detroit Free Press
Bus rapid transit is designed to run much like a light-rail system, but with modern buses doing the work of rail cars. "It's a totally different form of rapid transit than we've ever had," said SMART bus system general manager John Hertel, who has fought for years for regional cooperation on transit. "It carries as many people as light rail does at the same speed."
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2/24/2012
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Bus Rapid Transit: Six things you should know about metro Detroit's proposed BRT, MLive
SMART deputy GM John Swatosh and transit consultant Scott Anderson discussed details for metro Detroit’s proposed bus rapid transit system during today’s National Bus Rapid Transit Institute workshop at the Detroit Zoo. Here are some highlights from their presentation, and from the conference in general, about what we can expect from Detroit's BRT project.
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2/24/2012
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Bus rapid transit in southeast Michigan could become reality , Oakland Press / Daily Tribune
If transportation officials from around the country are correct, a triangular high-speed bus route could be the path to revitalization for the metropolitan Detroit area.
During a workshop of the National Bus Rapid Transit Institute, held Friday at the Detroit Zoo, local politicians met with and heard presentations from officials from Cleveland, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and the federal government to learn more about the plan.
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