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In Ann Arbor, a Boomerang of Transit Improvements Proposed

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» One of America’s premier university towns considers how to improve circulation. But if all the traffic comes from the University of Michigan, shouldn’t it pay?

Like many small college towns, Ann Arbor has a peculiar relationship to transit. Though its bus services — both the one run by the municipality and that of the University of Michigan — attract some 40,000 daily riders, a huge number compared to the overall population of 115,000, almost all people taking the bus have some relationship with the university, either employed or studying there. That’s no surprise: with 30,000 mostly carless students and an equal

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Upcoming Transit Line Openings: 2012

Early
  • ▶ Sacramento Green Line to the River District LRT
March
  • ▶ Las Vegas Sahara Corridor BRT
April
  • ▶ 23: Rhode Island Wickford Junction Extension CR
  • ▶ 28: Los Angeles Expo Line Phase 1A LRT
Spring
  • ▶ Boston Fitchburg Line Extension CR
June
  • ▶ Los Angeles Expo Line Phase 1B LRT
  • ▶ New Orleans Loyola/UPT Streetcar
July
  • ▶ 30: Dallas Orange Line Phase II LRT
Summer
  • ▶ Los Angeles Orange Line Canoga Extension BRT
  • ▶ Miami Airport Link Metro
  • ▶ New York Nostrand/Rogers BRT
  • ▶ San Antonio Via Primo BRT
September
  • ▶ 21: Portland Streetcar Loop
October
  • ▶ Seattle Sounder Lakewood Extension CR
Fall
  • ▶ Calgary Northeast Line Extension LRT
  • ▶ Chicago Jeffery Corridor BRT
  • ▶ Los Angeles El Monte Transit Center
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