Washtenaw Partners for Transit

Washtenaw Partners for Transit Washtenaw Partners for Transit is a coalition dedicated to the improvement of transit, in the belief

Washtenaw Partners for Transit (P4T) is currently working with our coalition of community leaders, religious leaders, environmental activists, local professionals, business leaders, and motivated students in the campaign for Urban Core Transit. Our coalition is coordinated by the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living, Michigan Suburbs Alliance, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Ecology Center.

It’s official - start date still TBD
02/20/2020

It’s official - start date still TBD

The Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan (RTA) in partnership with the Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (TheRide) is offering a new pilot express bus service connecting Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan. The service will provide hourly trips between the two communities for 16 hours....

PUBLIC COMMENTS NEEDED AT AAATA MEETING JANUARY 16For great transit, southeast Michigan needs dedicated funding. Since t...
01/16/2020

PUBLIC COMMENTS NEEDED AT AAATA MEETING JANUARY 16

For great transit, southeast Michigan needs dedicated funding. Since the 2016 effort was narrowly defeated, Macomb County won't let RTA back on the ballot.

Leaders of Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties have another way to give voters a chance to invest in great transit. They just need the legislature to pass House Bill 5229 first, which would tweak the Municipal Partnership Act to better address those three counties transit needs.

If HB 5229 passes, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties will move forward with creating an agreement for the governance and implementation of transit across the three counties. The Washtenaw County Commissioners have requested guidance from AAATA.

In their board packet, the AAATA staff has laid out a series of concerns (many of them legitimate) about the potential three county agreement, but those concerns are separate from the legislation.

Before any partnership agreement can be reached, HB 5229 must be adopted by the legislature. We understand that this is not the ideal solution for regional transit, but it is the only way forward as long as Macomb County continues to hold the region hostage. If there is any chance for Regional Transit to move forward in 2020, HB 5229 must be passed.

Please come to the AAATA board meeting and provide public comments telling the AAATA board to publicly support this critical legislation. The details of any three county agreement can be worked out, but only if the law allows it to be created.

Meeting Date/Time: January 16, 2020, 6:30-9:00pm
Location: Ann Arbor District Library, 343 South Fifth Avenue, Lower Level Multipurpose Room, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Each Board meeting has designated times at the beginning and end of the meeting for members of the public to address the Board. Sign up on the sheet provided at the meeting. The Board Chair will open the Public Comment times as designated on the agenda. You will have up to three minutes to address the board.

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