DETROIT

• April 28 - Detroit News: Detroit-Ann Arbor train plan derailed
  • "There is a lot of interest and enthusiasm for this (Detroit-Ann Arbor) project from municipalities, local businesses, cultural institutions, entertainment venues ... people who would use it for daily commuting," said Megan Owens, executive director of Transportation Riders United, a local nonprofit working to improve transit in the region. "We need to make sure we're providing the funding every other metropolitan area is providing if we're going to compete."
    

• April 28 - Detroit Free Press: Cost stalls commuter rail line; Limited Detroit-Ann Arbor service proposed

• April 27 - Livingston Daily: Public approval WALLY's biggest hurdle

• April 27 - Mlive.com: Detroit-to-Ann Arbor commuter rail on hold; SEMCOG suggests raising gas tax to fund it

• April 27 - Annarbor.com: SEMCOG officials say $40 million to $50 million still needed for Ann Arbor-to-Detroit rail project

• April 23 - Ann Arbor Chronicle: AATA Gets Its Fill of Fuller Road Station

• April 22 - AnnArbor.com: AATA hires international consultant to help develop transit master plan for Washtenaw County

• April 21 - Detroit News (Editorial): Michigan, U.S. need massive transit plan
  • We could build the rails and the trains right here in Michigan, indeed helping to "move us forward" on two fronts. The question remains -- will we? Or should we be adopting the Detroit Lions mantra, "There is always next year?"
    

• April 18 - Detroit Free Press (editorial): Transit's next big step
  • State House representatives are set to vote later this month on bills establishing a Regional Transit Authority for southeast Michigan. . . . The new authority, however, must operate in a truly regional way -- by majority instead of unanimous vote -- and not allow one county or city to veto progress for southeast Michigan.
    

• April 15 - Detroit News: More aboard! Amtrak to improve routes