Contact: Janet Foran, MDOT Office of Communications, 517-335-7176
Agency: Transportation
January 22, 2009 – – Michigan’s scenic roadside parks and turnouts are featured in the newest edition of the state transportation map, which is now available at Travel Michigan Welcome Centers and Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) offices.
The 2009 map features a unique variety of [...]
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New 2009 state transportation map features Michigan’s scenic roadside parks and turnouts
Posted in MDOT, Uncategorized on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
GOVERNOR SIGNS BILLS FOR LIGHT RAIL IN DETROIT
Posted in MDOT, Uncategorized on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A package of bills authorizing a privately-constructed 3.4-mile light rail line in
Detroit has been signed by Governor Jennifer Granholm. The bills allow some $100 million in contributions from philanthropists to be used for building the line along Woodward Avenue, connected sporting and cultural venues.
The system’s operating funds would come from government sources.
Communities working to connect trails
Posted in MDOT, Uncategorized on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lansing portion of system mostly done, but work remains
Winter has lowered an iron curtain over our running lives, and the economy around these parts is dismal. All things considered, life in early January can be quite depressing, so it’s good to have something positive to focus on.
Consider, for example, all of the great things that [...]
Making the commute together
Posted in MDOT, Uncategorized on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
IONIA – Mass transit between Ionia and Lansing may still be off in the future, but local residents are pulling together to make the commute easier
“It makes life a lot easier, and cheaper,” said Rob Corbett, Ionia-Portland-Lansing vanpool primary driver.
Easton Township’s Corbett was driving 17 miles into Lowell to catch a van into Lansing Monday [...]
Gov. Granholm recognizes innovations by MDOT employees
Posted in MDOT, Uncategorized on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Contact: Bill Shreck, MDOT Director of Communications, 517-335-3084
Agency: Transportation
December 18, 2008- -When the Office of Great Workplace Development asked state employees to come up with eight innovative ideas for improving efficiency and customer service, teams from the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) came up with 11. That fact was not lost Tuesday, Dec. [...]
TRANSPORTATION TESTIFIES BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS
Posted in MDOT, Uncategorized on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Department of Transportation sat before the House Transportation Committee explaining on Wednesday why it requires additional revenue to continue operations.
MDOT has testified before the Senate Transportation Committee as well (See Gongwer Michigan Report, December 3, 2008) and officials repeated their argument that if Michigan can’t match their federal transportation dollars, those funds [...]
Regional transportation plan gets green light to move ahead
Posted in MDOT, Uncategorized on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Bill Shea
Any local subsidy for a proposed $10.5 billion three-country mass transportation system will require a public referendum to move forward.
That caveat was part of a resolution unanimously approved by the elected political leaders of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties, and the city of Detroit, on Monday afternoon.
The vote allows transit czar John Hertel [...]
MDOT explores high-tech ways of tracking congestion
Posted in MDOT, Uncategorized on December 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BY MATT HELMS • FREE PRESS DRIVING COLUMNIST • December 4, 2008
A stretch of Telegraph Road in Oakland County will be part of ongoing research of new technologies that proponents say ultimately will help improve traffic flow, prevent crashes and lead to economic growth in Michigan.
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The Michigan Department of Transportation said it’s working with Detroit’s [...]
State looks to Obama bucks for roads, etc.
Posted in MDOT, Uncategorized on December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By JOHN PEPIN, Journal Munising Bureau
MARQUETTE – Michigan Department of Transportation Director Kirk Steudle expects about half a billion dollars could come to the state for transportation infrastructure improvements as part of a new Obama administration economic stimulus package.
Steudle said Monday he’d been in Washington, D.C., within the past two weeks, meeting with two senators [...]
MDOT Honored
Posted in MDOT, Uncategorized on December 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) recently honored the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) with its Perpetual Pavement Award for a 5.2-mile section of M-24 that runs from the north village limits of Mayville, MI to M-46. The project was one of 11 projects across the United States that was honored for 2007.
The award is given [...]
