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The Mass Transportation Authority of Flint and Genesee County has switched 95% of its fleet to run on alternative fuels. Image: Mass Transportation Authority of Flint and Genesee County
By Kyle Davidson
Michigan is spending $30 million to help public companies and private businesses buy low emission freight trucks, buses, tugboats and cargo handling equipment.
Beneficiaries of the program choose electric, alternative fuel or new diesel models, said Nick Assendelft, a public information officer for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. The first round of funding will provide $16 million to replace outdated freight trucks and buses with new models. At least half of that is earmarked for electric vehicles.
Ann Arbor’s TheRide to offer shuttle services to vaccination clinics
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
An Ann Arbor The Ride bus on Eisenhower Parkway near State Street in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019.
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WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI The Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority, TheRide, will begin transporting residents to the COVID vaccination site at Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center.
The service is set to begin in partnership with the Washtenaw County Health Department on Wednesday, March 17, officials announced.
Anyone with a scheduled appointment at the Washtenaw County Health Department’s vaccine site may use the services, TheRide said.
Ann Arbor mulls ‘unlimited height’ development zones
Updated Feb 11, 2021;
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ANN ARBOR, MI Should Ann Arbor establish new “unlimited height” development zones to encourage more dense housing and mixed-used development along transit corridors?
That’s a question city officials are exploring as part of a transit-oriented development zoning initiative, and it was the subject of community discussion and debate this week.
At a Planning Commission work session Tuesday night, Feb. 9, City Planner Alexis DiLeo gave an overview of what’s been proposed so far, noting the zoning project has been “on again, off again, back on again” in recent years.
Credit Sarah Hulett / Michigan Radio
President Joe Biden s long-time reliance on Amtrak to get between his home and work in Washington, D.C is well-known.
And Pete Buttigieg, the man Biden has nominated for U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary, says he hopes to carve out $1.5 billion for public transit across the U.S.
Federal help for public transit in Michigan from the incoming administration would be a much-needed boon, according to Matthew Carpenter, CEO of the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority. Carpenter is also Chair of the Board of the Michigan Public Transit Association. We re excited as an industry to see that kind of proposal coming from the Biden Administration, and it s an exciting time, says Carpenter. And when we look at climate change, and the need for equity in our society, and also frankly, competition from places like China which is doing great things with infrastructure, it s really welcome to see the federal government stepping into such a stron