Michigan Public Transit Association

This week, the Michigan Public Transit Association spent time in Detroit visiting our members and using transit systems in Michigan's largest city. We learned about the great work being done at the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT), Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, and the Detroit Transportation Corporation (People Mover). We took the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan DAX bus to the Detroit Metro Airport to join our friends at COMTO Michigan's membership meeting. Today brought the first-ever Michigan Mobility Conference hosted by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation's Office of Future Mobility & Electrification, where several MPTA members were announced as Equitable Mobility Challenge grant recipients. The conference brought plenty of energy to Newlab Detroit, next to the jaw-dropping Michigan Central station. Public transit is alive and well in Detroit!

Make your vote count! ??? CATA, EATRAN and Clinton Transit are making it easier than ever to get to the polls. Enjoy FREE rides to register, pick up an absentee ballot, vote early or cast your ballot on Election Day. ?? Simply let your driver know you're headed to vote—no ID needed. Visit www.cata.org/vote for details. #rideCATA #RegionalMobility #PublicTransit #Vote #Election

We're #hiring a new Michigan Transit Training Coordinator in Michigan. Apply today or share this post with your network! Applications are only open until October 30th.

Michigan Public Transit Association member BraunAbility is hosting a series of webinars that we will dive in deeper on specific subjects for their DPA model lifts, as well as their traditional 2hr "General Overviews." These trainings will cover the fundamentals of each of the lifts to have a strong understanding and to build confidence in technicians servicing BraunAbility products. https://lnkd.in/g3Ck87BK

Congratulations to our board chair, Heidi Wenzel, for being elected as an officer for the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA)! We are grateful for your work to advance public transit in Michigan and beyond.

Two Michigan transit agencies are host organizations for the new MI Mobility Fellows program, in collaboration with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation @MobilityMI, Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM), and Wayne State University. Yakoob Anam will work with Clinton Area Transit System as their new Rural Mobility Innovation Planner, and Joseph Allen will join Mass Transportation Authority- Flint MI as their new Transportation Engagement Planner. Congratulations and we look forward to hearing about the results of this fellowship! https://lnkd.in/giwXcFJ6

Leaders from Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan, and Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) recently discussed their agencies' efforts to expand transportation connections in Metro Detroit and possible alternative funding models. Ben Stupka Dwight A. Ferrell https://lnkd.in/gmkzXVbA

Congratulations to Kelly Dunham and the whole team at Bay Area Transportation Authority on the official dedication of their new operations center! This facility brings together several previously-disjointed functions under one modern, sustainable roof. The transit facility is also being paired with a new workforce housing development to help meet two key needs for the growing Traverse City area. Thanks to MDOT's Jean Ruestman, FTA's Ajay Garg, Rep. Betsy Coffia, and other guests for commemorating this accomplishment, and thanks for including MPTA in the day.

Did you know? You can schedule a ride online from your desktop computer, laptop or tablet ?? Visit https://lnkd.in/gCdREjK6 to try it out! You can also schedule a ride by using the Lakeshore Go mobile app on your smartphone, or call us at 616-842-3200 ?? We hope to see you on board soon!

We congratulate Clark Harder on the occasion of his official retirement from Michigan Public Transit Association today! Clark has been extremely busy in finishing things up, including preparing for the statewide annual conference, organizing a final training workshop AND a search for a new training coordinator, helping to develop an annual budget, and MORE as he worked to hand things over. We are so grateful to Clark for his 25+ years of service to MPTA and wish him the best as he shifts to a new phase in his professional and personal lives. Join us in thanking Clark and wishing him well!