The Ann Arbor Chronicle reports on a decision by the board of the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority to reject a proposed anti-Israel bus ad.
After months of gaining feedback from the community through public forums and online polls, Ann Arbor Transportation Authority officials say the verdict is clear: Washtenaw County residents are overwhelmingly in support of a robust plan to expand transit services. The AATA's governing board voted unanimously tonight with one member absent ...
As it develops a master transit plan for the region, the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority wants to transform itself from an Ann Arbor-focused organization into a larger, countywide agency. CEO Michael Ford earlier this week provided an update on that process along with several ideas for how a transition might ...
The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority (TheRide) is in the middle of 20 critically important public meetings that are being held across Washtenaw County throughout the month of October. These meetings will go a long way in developing a first-ever comprehensive Transit Master Plan - an initiative we’re calling Moving You ...
May is the Commuter Challenge in Ann Arbor. This annual program, run by the getDowntown program, encourages alternate transportation and also serves as the annual effort to measure how people get to work. (Think of it as "sweeps month" for commuting.) I'm the designated point of contact for AnnArbor.com for ...
The University of Michigan has announced an expansion of its Central Campus transit center, which will change the streetscape near the C. C. Little Building and the Exhibit Museum. The current bus shelters are bunker-like brick structures which provide little in the way of shelter for the frequent travelers to ...
Updated 11:13 a.m. The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority has put routes 14 and 17 on detours because of the snow, according to information sent to riders through the bus system's new email alert subscription system. Route 33 is not running. Route 14 - Geddes - E. Stadium will not serve Arlington due ...
On Wednesday, the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority's board of directors is expected to vote on a plan to tear down its 1987-era bus station in downtown Ann Arbor and build a new one in its place. poll by twiigs.com
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that from time to time I send out messages like "Bus 394 has squeaky brakes". Perhaps that's why you've stopped following me on Twitter. If you are on an Ann Arbor Transportation Authority bus and notice that the brakes are squeaky, you ...
The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority approved a 2010 budget at its Sept. 23 meeting, with one dissenting vote. Treasurer Ted Annis said the budget was "too fat" and used an analysis in part by looking at comparable cities from the National Transit Database, and saying that Ann Arbor came up ...
The Michigan Freedom of Information Act spells out the requirements for all "public bodies" in the state to disclose records to the public. It describes which organizations are subject to FOIA law, which records are open to disclosure, and which records are not required to be disclosed. It also spells ...
An Ypsilanti-based renewable energy nonprofit is cultivating a statewide profile as a go-to source for municipalities and transportation organizations pursuing clean fueling infrastructure and alternative fuel vehicles. Clean Energy Coalition is leveraging its expertise in alternative energy technology and infrastructure to offer solutions to partners throughout the state.Now the three-year-old ...
Ann Arbor Transportation Authority CEO Michael Ford has a nagging thorn in his side. It started just as he took the helm of AATA last month. After 30 years of providing transit service at the Arborland shopping center, the AATA was kicked out when the mall's management decided to terminate ...
Ads on buses (and all forms of public transit) work mostly because no one wants to get caught looking directly at each other. It's much easier, and more socially correct, to stare at the seat in front of you, out the window, or just randomly toward the ceiling. So what ...
The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority's Board of Directors voted tonight to eliminate the Link bus service, but said it would continue discussing ways to provide transit service downtown with the city's Downtown Development Authority. "The Link service will be stopping because funds from the partners who were providing the funding ...
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