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		<title>Mass transit authority bills clear committee, head to full House</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bill Shea
A trio of bills that would authorize a regional mass-transit authority for metro Detroit made it through the Michigan House Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs Committee on Tuesday.
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20100519/FREE/100519834
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		<title>Jackson, Other Leaers Call For Mass Transit Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Cwiek (2010-05-21)
DETROIT, MI (Michigan Radio) &#8211; A nationwide campaign to support giving cities more control over Federal transit dollars stopped in Detroit Friday.
 
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/michigan/news.newsmain/article/0/1/1653701/Michigan.News/Jackson..Other.Leaers.Call.For.Mass.Transit.Funding
 
 
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		<title>O&#8217;Reilly: Train initiatives – powerful boost for the region</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 16:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Published: Tuesday, May 11, 2010
By Mayor Jack O&#8217;Reilly, Dearborn
Many people in Michigan, especially in southeast Michigan, are talking about the future of this region and the steps we need to take today to build a promising and prosperous tomorrow.
Most agree that one of those steps must be to develop a mass transit system to conveniently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Complete Streets legislation introduced in Michigan House</title>
		<link>http://www.15miletransit.org/2010/05/10/complete-streets-legislation-introduced-in-michigan-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 13:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two bills were introduced in the Michigan House yesterday which would require all Michigan road agencies to adopt Complete Streets policies within two years as a condition for receiving transportation dollars.

An excerpt from House Bill 6151
From M-Bike.org: http://www.m-bike.org/blog/2010/05/07/complete-streets-legislation-introduced-in-michigan-house
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		<title>DDOT, SMART to apply for federal funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 12:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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May 06. 2010 11:42AM
DDOT, SMART to apply for federal funds
Tom Greenwood / The Detroit News
The Detroit Department of Transportation and SMART have indicated they will apply for shares of the $775 million in federal funds offered for upgrading bus systems in the United States.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the funds were being made available [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transit&#8217;s next big step- April 18, 2010 Free Press Editorial</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lansing should approve majority-rule regional authority
State House representatives are set to vote later this month on bills establishing a Regional Transit Authority for southeast Michigan &#8212; an overdue measure for developing a mass transit system and putting metro Detroit in a position to compete for federal transportation funds. The new authority, however, must operate in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass transit plans confront financial realities</title>
		<link>http://www.15miletransit.org/2010/04/21/mass-transit-plans-confront-financial-realities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Danielle Emerson
LANSING, Mich. – The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) has plans to encourage residents to use mass transit to get to work more efficiently, but it needs to get beyond a $1.8 billion shortfall first.
http://greatlakesecho.org/2010/04/17/mass-transit-plans-confront-financial-realities/
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		<title>Business groups back Macomb&#8217;s Golden Triangle transit plan</title>
		<link>http://www.15miletransit.org/2010/04/12/business-groups-back-macombs-golden-triangle-transit-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 18:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two organizations representing more than 2,000 Macomb County businesses and nonprofits are backing the “Golden Triangle” transit plan for dedicated regional bus corridors, advanced by county board Chairman Paul Gieleghem.
The boards of the Macomb County Chamber and the Sterling Heights Regional Chamber of Commerce &#38; Industry, the county&#8217;s two largest business networks, both adopted resolutions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sterling Heights and Macomb County Chambers of Commerce endorse mass-transit plan</title>
		<link>http://www.15miletransit.org/2010/04/12/sterling-heights-and-macomb-county-chambers-of-commerce-endorse-mass-transit-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Frank DeFrank, Macomb Daily Staff Writer
The heads of two major chambers of commerce voiced support this week for a proposed rapid transit plan that would link Detroit with Macomb and Oakland counties.
&#8220;We believe regional transportation to be a key to the economic vitality of the region,&#8221; said Grace Shore, chief executive officer of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State needs to follow China’s example and develop high-speed mass transit system</title>
		<link>http://www.15miletransit.org/2010/04/12/state-needs-to-follow-china%e2%80%99s-example-and-develop-high-speed-mass-transit-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Watkins
Special to The Oakland Press
I am traveling in China and seeing two futures for Michigan and America: one where we rush to play catch-up and the other where we fall even further behind.
China has a public transportation system that works — with trains, 4,000 miles of high speed rail, bus and even public [...]]]></description>
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