The Michigan State House Transportation Committee was in Traverse City yesterday (Mar 8). Because Michigan is unable to match federal transportation funds, the state is losing out on the federal dollars. As a result, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been forced to delay indefinitely a significant portion of road improvement projects.
7&4 News was [...]
The Record-Eagle is reporting that a deal has been reached on the issue of bike lanes for the 8th street redesign:
"[TC City Manager Ben] Bifoss and [TC Mayor Chris] Bzdok recently met with MDOT officials and learned it's too late to widen the road enough to install separate bike lanes, a move that would change [...]
The Record-Eagle is reporting that the Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) has received over a million dollars towards the development of non-urban transit agencies:
"Bay Area Transportation Authority will receive a sizable chunk of federal stimulus money designed to support Michigan's rural transit agencies. State transportation officials will dole out $12.4 million to non-urban transit agencies [...]
This morning (Mar 5), Points North on Interlochen Public Radio (91.5 FM) had as their guest Jim Lively, who serves as the Chair of the Grand Vision Transit Subcommittee, which is apart of the Grand Vision Transportation working group. Bill Palladino of Krios Consulting was also a guest on the program. Krios Consulting conducted a [...]
The Grand Rapids Press has this story on Michigan's crumbling transportation infrastructure:
"Birgit Klohs, president of the Grand Rapids-based economic development group The Right Place Inc., says the state of Michigan roads makes it difficult to attract business.
“You bring a company in, you put them in a car and the first thing they do is hit [...]
The Cadillac News has this story on a $150,000 grant to improve Cadillac's Gunn/Seventh streets:
"Cadillac will use the money toward improving .15 miles of Gunn/ Seventh Street to approve access to the city’s industrial parks, City Manager Marcus Peccia said Wednesday. The project calls for street resurfacing, new curbs and gutters, and water/ storm sewer [...]
The transportation blog My Wheels Are Turning (.com) is reporting that the Traverse City Planning Commission will review their 2010 street projects tonight (3/3) at 7pm on the 2nd floor of the Governmental center:
"In an attempt to proactively address infrastructure issues before it’s too late for changes, a la 8th Street, the Traverse City Planning [...]
The Michigan Municipal League has this story on how the House Transportation committee is traveling around the state of Michigan to discuss the funding crisis Michigan roads are facing:
"Due to the continued decline in state gas tax and vehicle registration revenue, MDOT will be forced to leave nearly a half a billion dollars of Michigan’s [...]
February 26, 2010 – 1:48 pm
The transportation blog MyWheelsAreTurning.com is reporting today that the issue of Traverse City's 8th street is going to the Federal government:
"Yesterday [2/25], the city met with MDOT executive director Kirk Steudle in Lansing. There isn’t much detail to report, but based on comments by MDOT’s North Region manager Rise Rasch to the TC Transportation Elements [...]
February 24, 2010 – 2:58 pm
MyNorth.com has this article on Cherry Capital Airport which was recently ranked fourth in a listing of Michigan's commercial airports:
"Cherry Capital Airport officials in Traverse City are pleased to have recently moved up in the rankings of commercial airports in our Great Lake State of Michigan—which makes taking Northern Michigan vacations even more convenient. Moving [...]
