Comments on: Transportation Drives Growth https://michiganfuture.org/2010/05/transportation-drives-growth/ A Catalyst for Prosperity Tue, 19 Jan 2021 13:09:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lou Glazer https://michiganfuture.org/2010/05/transportation-drives-growth/#comment-710 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:56:19 +0000 https://www.michiganfuture.org/?p=1034#comment-710 In reply to Cory Johnston.

Thanks for finding the site and commenting. A couple of suggested readings. The first is the Andy Basile letter I wrote about in my most recent post. And then there are reports on Young Talent in the Great Lakes and the New Agenda for a New Michigan which is our big picture take on the Michigan economy. Look under reports on our home page. All three make the case that vibrant central cities are essential to returning Michigan to prosperity.

]]> By: Cory Johnston https://michiganfuture.org/2010/05/transportation-drives-growth/#comment-709 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:40:49 +0000 https://www.michiganfuture.org/?p=1034#comment-709 I’m new to this site and haven’t yet read all the entries. This one interested me as I just wrote a policy opinion on the subject for an application to the Michigan Political Leadership Program. My search was for information on how cities developed in Michigan versus that of the Villages and Townships. While it has been argued many times before, it seems to come up whenever a city tries to annex or take over a Township. In my city, we are considering going the other way even though it has never been done in Michigan. The article on transportation brings up the often used discussion of improving our cities but other than providing rail transit, does not say much about why we still have a departure from the city to go live in the suburbs or beyond. The rail transportation that does exist is seldom used even along such well travelled corridors as Woodward from Detroit to Pontiac and beyond. This is a topic that needs to be explored further at a local, regional and state level.

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