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June 30, 2014

Award for Enterprising City/State for Sustainable Transportation Available through MobiPrize Until July 7th!

MobiPrize, an award program through SMART (Sustainable Mobility & Accessibility Research and Transformation) at the University of Michigan, has added a City/State category to their sustainable transportation awards this year. The deadline for the applications is July 7th. The award…

June 27, 2014

Federal Transportation Funding Remains in Danger of Becoming Insolvent

Congress is unfortunately not any closer to solving the federal transportation crisis. The Highway Trust Fund is expected to run out of funding within weeks, yet Congress can't agree on either a long term solution or short term fix. Recently,…

June 17, 2014

Transportation Budget Includes Additional One-Time Funding for Local Roads

Although the legislature was unable to come up with a comprehensive solution to fix Michigan's transportation system, next years transportation budget includes an additional $144.5 million in one-time funding for roads. As a result cities and villages across this state…

June 17, 2014

2016 Local Safety Program

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is pleased to announce the solicitation of new applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2016 Local Safety Program. Federal funds for the Local Safety Program are to be used for highway safety improvements on…

June 12, 2014

Senate Fails to Pass Road Funding

The Senate adjourned until July 16 after several failed attempts to provide additional road funding to fix Michigan's infrastructure. Failing to act means our roads and bridges will continue to fall into greater disrepair. We will not only fail to…

June 6, 2014

Transportation Funding Hitting Road Blocks in the Senate

The package of bills sent over by the House has hit a road block in the Senate. Democrats are arguing for protection of prevailing wage, the current electoral college system, and the need to provide tax relief for the working…

June 6, 2014

Transportation Budget Passes Conference Committee

The transportation budget passed out of conference committee this week and did not include new revenue for transportation funding that reflects a comprehensive solution. SB 777 did include $144.5 million in one-time general fund money that would be distributed to…

June 4, 2014

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Award for Enterprising City/State for Sustainable Transportation Available through MobiPrize Until July 7th!

Federal Transportation Funding Remains in Danger of Becoming Insolvent

Transportation Budget Includes Additional One-Time Funding for Local Roads

2016 Local Safety Program

Senate Fails to Pass Road Funding

Transportation Funding Hitting Road Blocks in the Senate

Transportation Budget Passes Conference Committee

Senate Passes Repeal of Annual Certification to MDOT

Senate Hopes to Vote on Significant Transportation Funding Increase Next Week

Senate Transportation Committee Votes Out Repeal of Annual Certification to MDOT

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