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Regional Transit Takes Another Blow in Detroit | Cynical Synapse
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Mon, 30 Nov 2009. Regional Transit Takes Another Blow in Detroit. 8212; cynicalsynapse @ 8:19 pm. Detroit is the only major metropolitan area without a functional, integrated public transportation system. The city has its Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) and the suburbs have the Suburban Mobility Authority for Rapid Transit (SMART). Far from being smart, the two systems don’t coordinate services and SMART doesn’t even service all surburban communities. And that’s the crux of metro Detroi...
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Woodward Transit Project on Track | Cynical Synapse
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Sat, 20 Feb 2010. Woodward Transit Project on Track. 8212; cynicalsynapse @ 3:04 pm. Michigan doesn’t seem to get a lot of good news. Even when it does, it’s usually a mixed blessing. Like unemployment is down, but it’s still the highest in the country at 14.5%. Or last month’s $40 million Federal grant for the Pontiac-Chicago Amtrak line. The money is for station improvements, not upgrading the line itself to high-speed standards. Michigan had asked for $800 million to upgrade track and signaling. Detro...
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Detroit’s Mayor Bing: On the Wrong Bus | Cynical Synapse
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Tue, 25 Aug 2009. Detroit’s Mayor Bing: On the Wrong Bus. 8212; cynicalsynapse @ 11:08 pm. Detroit’s finances are in the toilet and I sympathize with Mayor Bing on that. I really do. There’s no solution that everyone will like; any choice he makes will be unpopular with someone or other. But, the idea of cutting bus service. Is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. It’s penny wise and dollar foolish! Remember, Engler now lives and works in the DC area. Does this make any rational sense? With no ...
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Back to the Future: Transit Returning to Detroit | Cynical Synapse
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Fri, 21 Jan 2011. Back to the Future: Transit Returning to Detroit. 8212; cynicalsynapse @ 4:38 pm. On 20 January 2011, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a $25 million light rail grant for Detroit. In announcing the grant, LaHood said:. Building this light rail system will create jobs for this great American city, and it will stimulate long-term economic growth by attracting investment to downtown Detroit and the New Center area.”. In between Woodward’s bright spots. Rather than Woodward ligh...
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Bing Gives Detroiters A Stay of Execution | Cynical Synapse
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Mon, 31 Aug 2009. Bing Gives Detroiters A Stay of Execution. 8212; cynicalsynapse @ 9:13 pm. Detroit’s working class gets to keep their jobs for another week or so as Mayor Dave Bing backed off plans to cut Sunday and Saturday night bus service. Still, the mayor zapped the D’s transit. For southeast Michigan. That buffoon’s political spitefulness is part of today’s problem, 7 years later. What an oversized ass. But I digress. Bing also took exception to the 50 DDOT drivers who called in sick Saturday.
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Nation’s Oldest Military Services Celebrates 375 Years | Cynical Synapse
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Tue, 13 Dec 2011. Nation’s Oldest Military Services Celebrates 375 Years. 8212; cynicalsynapse @ 5:49 am. The National Guard of the United States traces its roots back to the Massachusetts Bay Colony, long before the United States existed or even declared its independence. On 13 December 1636, the Massachusetts General Court established a militia. A measure supported by the entire Massachusetts delegation. Tierney described it this way:. Of Michigan’s representatives, only Justin Amash (R-3), Hanse...
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Detroit’s Woodward Light Rail Torpedoed | Cynical Synapse
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Wed, 14 Dec 2011. Detroit’s Woodward Light Rail Torpedoed. Filed under: Customer service. 8212; Tags: environmental impact studies. Southeast michigan council of governments. 8212; cynicalsynapse @ 10:12 pm. Image by Jerry Paffendorf. HT: Detroit Curbed. Big news in the Motor City today is the “sudden” cancellation of the Woodward Light Rail project. The project, including its extension, seemed to have local, regional, state, and federal backing&ellipses;until now. Line in Detroit. Full disclosure: I...
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Engler, Part Deux! Rail Be Damned! | Cynical Synapse
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Wed, 08 Dec 2010. Engler, Part Deux! 8212; cynicalsynapse @ 10:07 pm. Michigan stands to lose out on $161 million in Federal high speed rail money. Because Michigan Senate leader Mike Bishop (R-Rochester Hills) did not allow the bill to come to a vote. Bishop’s cheap shot is almost as dispicable as former Gov. John Engler’s (R) last minute veto of regional transit. Bishop had said he’d allow the State Senate to vote. On the measure already passed by the State House. Without transit, and without high spee...
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