Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Michigan

Pence Commits Vehicular Home-Cide

By Aaron Short | Sep 23, 2019 | 3 Comments

The Vice President enraged Michigan residents by driving his eight-car motorcade through car-free Mackinac Island Saturday.

Amtrak is pushing to restore passenger service between Detroit and Toronto which could coincide with the restoration of Michigan Central Station.

Amtrak Hopes to Link Chicago and Detroit to Toronto

By Aaron Short | Aug 13, 2019 | 13 Comments

Passenger service hasn't chugged between Detroit and Toronto since at least 1971; the last direct train to pass through the route did so in 1967, according to Amtrak.

The Michigan Department of Transportation has pointed to population growth in Oakland County as the reason the area needs a larger Interstate 75 north of Detroit. But projected growth shows the county adding fewer than 100,000 people between 2015 and 2045, across an area nearly four times as large as Chicago. Photo: Ken Lund

Highway Boondoggles: Madness in Michigan

By Gideon Weissman and Matthew Casale | Jun 21, 2019 | 5 Comments

The Great Lakes State is undertaking to expand the capacity of Interstate 75 — a project that is both unnecessary and will exacerbate the region’s problems.

Lansing lawmakers are fighting over a gas tax or tolls to fix roads, but not over improving transit

Will There Be Tolls for Michigan Drivers?

By Aaron Short | Jun 18, 2019 | 2 Comments

The debate over tolls versus a gas tax to fix roads in Michigan does not include room for more mass transit.

Ohio's "Columbus Connector" highway project cost $1 billion, about as much as Governor Mike Dewine's 18 cent gas tax hike would bring in annually. Image: ODOT

Midwest Will Raise Gas Taxes — And Make Everything Worse

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 7, 2019 | 36 Comments

If Midwest states shovel billions more into highway widenings (likely), it could just increase maintenance costs and further undermine their cities.

A 2014 rendering of a possible configuration for Lansing BRT. Image: Dover, Kohl & Partners

Trump Budget Threats and the Local Anti-Transit Brigade Spike Lansing BRT

By Stephen Miller | Apr 21, 2017 | 5 Comments

Eight years in the making, the project was undone by suburban opposition. Now, transit advocates in Michigan's capital are figuring out what can be done to improve transit while their opponents take a victory lap.

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