Articles tagged: transportation
Ann Arbor gets $623K grant to help out with University of Michigan smart car study
Posted: May 14, 2013The city of Ann Arbor is lending an assist on the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute's study of technology that helps cars communicate with each other. The City Council voted Monday night to accept ... Read more »
Multimillion dollar bike-sharing program planned for University of Michigan and downtown Ann Arbor
Posted: Feb 04, 2013The Ann Arbor-based Clean Energy Coalition is developing a program that would allow for bike sharing throughout the city, including on University of Michigan's sprawling campus near downtown. Read more »
Ann Arbor school officials release transportation report
Posted: Dec 20, 2012Ann Arbor school board members looked at various transportation costs and options Wednesday night in a report prepared by a committee studying the future of busing in the district. Read more »
Terri Blackmore stepping down as WATS executive director after 33 years on the job
Posted: Dec 16, 2012After 33 years on the job, including the last 12 as executive director, Terri Blackmore is leaving the Washtenaw Area Transportation Study for a new job in Fort Collins, Colo. Blackmore, who lives in Ann ... Read more »
with gallery: Local companies make connected-car experiment possible
Posted: Aug 21, 2012Today’s launching of a connected-car research project has been hailed as a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the U-M Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), but plenty of local business also have contributed to ... Read more »
video: U-M students create and star in offbeat, fun 'The Michigan Transportation Musical'
Posted: Jun 08, 2012Who knew that a 12-minute video about transportation options for University of Michigan students could be so fun, witty and eminently watchable? "The Michigan Transportation Musical," which was shot on U-M's campus during three days ... Read more »
Transportation debate: $300,000 to $3.5M — how deep will the cuts go in Ann Arbor schools?
Posted: May 16, 2012Ann Arbor administrators have proposed a number of deep cuts to transportation for the 2012-13 school year. But at least one school board trustee is not pleased by the lack of details coming from officials ... Read more »
Lawmakers inviting Washtenaw County residents to town hall meeting to talk transportation
Posted: Mar 23, 2012Four state lawmakers from Washtenaw County are teaming up to host a bipartisan town hall meeting Monday night on the topic of transportation and infrastructure. The event starts at 6 p.m. inside the Morris Lawrence ... Read more »
Ann Arbor-to-Detroit commuters using vanpool service to cut travel costs by thousands
Posted: Mar 23, 2012Instead of putting 120 miles a day on her Ford Fiesta to get to and from her job in Detroit, Manchester resident Kathleen Hines prefers taking an alternate route. She's a vanpooler. Hines, who works ... Read more »
New report: Cost to fix Michigan's roads going up as Legislature delays action on new funding
Posted: Mar 22, 2012Michigan's roads have fallen into worse shape over the past six months and delays in finding new funding for maintenance is proving costly, according to a new bipartisan report. State Reps. Rick Olson, R-York Township, ... Read more »
with poll: Survey asks residents to help shape the transportation future for Southeast Michigan
Posted: Mar 13, 2012Do you believe it's important to invest in maintaining and improving Michigan's roads and bridges? Would you support increased revenue for transportation projects? The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments and the Detroit-based Metropolitan Affairs Coalition ... Read more »
Christopher Taylor: 'Effort to bring a new station to Ann Arbor remains very much alive'
Posted: Feb 11, 2012Ann Arbor officials announced Friday that plans to build a multi-modal Fuller Road Transit Center have been halted after a federal funding requirements changed the assumptions about financing. Christoper Taylor, a City Council member representing Ward 3, sent a letter to his constituents on Saturday, explaining aspects of the change. Read more »
Legislation allowing local vehicle registration fees could raise millions for transportation projects
Posted: Jan 26, 2012State. Sen Rebekah Warren on Thursday introduced legislation to give local communities a voice in improving Michigan's aging transportation network. Senate Bill 910 — part of a bipartisan package of bills designed to implement some ... Read more »
AATA says Ann Arbor's new Blake Transit Center will be larger, more accessible
Posted: Jan 12, 2012Downtown Ann Arbor's new Blake Transit Center will be a bit bigger than previously reported, officials said at Wednesday’s public feedback session for the project. Read more »
Ypsilanti City Council delays vote on AATA countywide transit agreement
Posted: Jan 11, 2012For a third time, the Ypsilanti City Council delayed voting on a four-party agreement that would lay the framework for a countywide transportation authority. The decision comes a day after the Ann Arbor City Council ... Read more »
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