Monday, January 7, 2013
Residents are encouraged to comment on the region’s long-range transportation plan.
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Monday, January 7
As part of its public outreach efforts in developing Southeast Michigan’s 2040 Regional Transportation Plan, SEMCOG, the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, has released the fifth in a series of videos about the region’s transportation system. View the video – The Inside Story on Safety – at http://www.semcog.org. Also on that same web page is a short survey related to the video about safety in the region. “The transportation system impacts all of us and safety is a key component. Much has been done to try to decrease traffic crashes in recent years,” explains Carmine Palombo, SEMCOG Plan Implementation. “Each video is intended to deliver important messages about our transportation system and outline the challenges we face in …
Monday, December 3, 2012
Officials from Berkley and Huntington Woods, public transportation users and interested citizens packed the Berkley Community Center on Monday evening to discuss the $2 million Woodward Avenue Rapid Transit Alternatives Analysis.
A standing room-only crowd turned out Monday evening at the Berkley Community Center to learn about an ongoing study of public transportation options along Woodward Avenue and to help shape the process. Officials from Berkley and Huntington Woods, public transit users and interested citizens packed the open house that focused on the $2 million Woodward Avenue Rapid Transit Alternatives Analysis. [Did you attend the open house? If so, what was your takeaway? Leave a comment to share your thoughts!] The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments project seeks to develop a transportation plan along 27 miles of Woodward Avenue from Detroit to Pontiac. The 11 communities involved are Detroit, Highland Park, Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Huntington …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Berkley and Huntington Woods residents are invited to learn about and discuss the ongoing Woodward Rapid Transit Alternatives Analysis Study during an open house Monday, Dec. 3.
Berkley and Huntington Woods residents who would like to help shape the future of public transit along the Woodward Avenue corridor are invited to participate in an open house Monday at the Berkley Community Center. Representatives from the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments and participating communities will explain the ongoing $2 million Woodward Rapid Transit Alternatives Analysis Study during the event from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 3. The study seeks to develop a transportation plan along 27 miles of Woodward Avenue from Detroit to Pontiac. The 11 communities involved are Detroit, Highland Park, Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Huntington Woods, Royal Oak, Berkley, Birmingham, Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Hills and Pontiac. Following the …
Howard Collens
9:44 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
I attended the open house last night. It was informative. We will need to move beyond study, to action, in order to move our region ahead. more ›