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TRAVERSE CITY — Jim Danek, 61, is a dispatcher at Bay Area Transportation Authority, a job formerly known as a “transportation coordinator.”

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TRAVERSE CITY — State grant money will help clear and clean up some property planned as the site of Traverse City’s third parking garage.

The Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) is gearing up for a major rollout of new and expanded services on June 26, including real-time bus tracking...

The Michigan Public Transit Association has launched an information advocacy campaign to fill hiring needs and increase ridership. The advocacy initiative includes television, radio, billboard and social media campaigns and is expected to continue into May.

9 & 10 News January 11, 2021 They will be adding shelters to more of their bus stops. A number of existing bus stops will also see improvements such as new benches, bike racks, lighting and even heaters. BATA says it’s all part of making any wait for a bus more comfortable. Communications And Development Director Eric Lingaur says, “We’ve also added more way finding to the stops to make it easier to know when the bus is coming, and what route it’s heading on, what stops it’s going to,...

By Zholdas Orisbayev Federal funding helped Michigan transit agencies stay in good shape throughout the pandemic. It’s the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1, 2021, that transportation authorities worry about. “COVID-19 related expenses were unprecedented and statewide restrictions reduced farebox revenue to transit agencies, but that was made up by additional federal funding,” said Clark Harder, the executive director of the Michigan Public Transit Association, a nonprofit group that advocat...

9 & 10 News December 15, 2020 Neighborhoods and assisted living homes in Grand Traverse and Leelanau County got to see a parade of lights this evening. The Bay Area Transportation Authority partnered with Traverse City Light & Power and Cherryland Electric Cooperative to create a Traveling Light Parade. Each organization decorated a vehicle with holiday lights, then went around the community to spread holiday cheer. Eric Lingaur, communications & development director at BATA, says, “It’s ab...