Transit-Related Opinion

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Public transit and walkable neighborhoods are necessary for the creation of a country where families and communities can flourish." When President Obama nominated Congressman Ray LaHood as his Secretary of Transportation, most media outlets paid attention long enough to note only that LaHood was a Republican from Illinois and the single pro-life member of Obama’s cabine...

A bloggers take on a PBS documentary on Transit in Detroit called Blueprint America: Moving Detroit Forward. I am not sure what I think about the documentary that ran on PBS Friday night (and repeated early this morning), "Blueprint America: Beyond the Motor City," using the decline of Detroit to discuss transit and its ability to repattern the land use and transportat...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (MICHIGAN RADIO) - Transit officials in Grand Rapids are in the final stages of developing a new 20-year master plan. And they're asking for more help to narrow down their priorities. Last fall, the bus system in Grand Rapids, called The Rapid, held public meetings to get input on what should be included in the master plan. Officials also completed a r...

Terron explains four new rider tools now available to Rapid web users. Tools include maps through Google Maps, nearest stop locator, real-time bus status and the latest addition, the mobile version of the website. Watch video and learn more about these new rider tools!...

By Elizabeth Press At the 2009 Rail-Volution conference in Boston, Streetfilms was able to grab a few moments with the political conservative, transit advocate, William Lind. Lind aims to provide "liberal transit advocates" the language to build bipartisan support for public transportation in terms that conservatives can relate to. He makes a thought-provoking case fo...

Public transportation is supposed to be useful, I get that. It's supposed to be convenient and reduce traffic and all that jazz. I know. I know. But you really don't know how well it works until you use it firsthand. Mike Rapin An article from The Rapidian gives the firsthand account of Grand Rapids resident, Mike Rapin, and his experience with Grand Rapid's public transp...

Listen to two new riders, Katie Kimball and Ryan Vandermeer, share their experiences with trying The Rapid buses for the first time. Watch the video!...

Beth Heinen Bell shares her views on sustainability and public transportation from her perspective Watch the video and hear what she has to say!...

It was my first time riding on our bus system. I find myself telling others to take mass transit, yet I had never ridden the Rapid! That had to end... A blog post by Ryan VanderMeer tells of his first experience riding The Rapid. "On a rainy evening a couple weeks ago, a group of friends and I headed downtown on The Rapid for the Electronic Music Night...with a little des...