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Traverse City Jumpstarts Plan to Renovate Division Street

March 12, 2010 – 3:34 pm

Division Street is a major transportation corridor of Traverse City with over 20,000 vehicles driving through each day. It is a corridor that most people in the region (Antrim, Benzie, Kalkaska, Leelanau, and Wexford counties) will travel heading north or south.
The Record-Eagle is reporting that city officials are seeking to make the Division Street drive [...]

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BATA Receives $1 Million To Upgrade Services

March 8, 2010 – 12:29 pm

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 [...]

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IPR's Points North: TC Buses Supported But Empty

March 5, 2010 – 1:26 pm

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 [...]

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Suttons Bay Schools and BATA still in talks

February 18, 2010 – 2:14 pm

Suttons Bay Schools is continuing their talks with BATA for BATA to take over busing for their students.
Here is an update to this story from the Record-Eagle:
The Leelanau County district wants to give control of student busing to the Bay Area Transportation Authority, a cost-saving move Superintendent Mike Murray said would preserve about seven teachers' [...]

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Cadillac/Wexford Transit Authority Opens New Regional Hub Jan 19.

January 13, 2010 – 3:27 pm

On January 19, a new bus transfer center will open in Buckley that will open up cross-county transportation options available to northern Michigan residents.
7&4 News has this story:
[Cadillac/Wexford Transit Authority] Director Vance Edwards says “For a lot of years we have had requests from people in this community to take them to and from different [...]

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BATA Contract Talks Approach Deadline

December 18, 2009 – 3:56 pm

The current employment contract for the union workers of BATA who belong to the Teamsters State, County and Municipal Workers Local 214 expires at the end of year.
The Record-Eagle reports that the contract affects 58 bus drivers and mechanics along with 12 dispatchers.
Tom Menzel, BATA's executive director, said he's aiming for a major change in [...]

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BATA In Talks With TCAPS, Suttons Bay Schools

December 10, 2009 – 8:00 am

The Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) has entered preliminary talks to provide busing for Suttons Bay Public Schools and is attempting to engage in a dialogue with Traverse City Area Public Schools.
The Record-Eagle reports that Suttons Bay Public approached BATA regarding a busing partnership that would save the school system $600,000 annually.

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