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  • Yeah... I'm amazed at what gets written with no basis in fact. LSJ's editorial board wrote an editorial - while well-written and factually accurate - without actually calling CATA or any study committee member to get information. Amazing.
  • Matt - you looked behind the green curtain! It's not 100%, I don't have the full details in front of me, and i'm purposely backtracking and equivocating, but it looks the modified BRT is probably the only option that will meet the federal fundin…
  • And to @Hood - Leap is indeed a public private non-profit, but our website barely scratches the surface. This organization currently fills three voids in our region: 1.) Regional Economic Development - before Leap there were several loose initiati…
  • The Steering Committee hasn't chosen what option to go with yet. That doesn't happen until after public scrutiny of our findings. The last public open houses are the following: EL Hannah Center, 11/10/10, 11:30a-1:30p and 5:00p-7:00p; and Meridian…
  • YES! Thanks Jared, that's the whole point!
  • Full disclosure - I've recently accepted a new position at LEAP as the Regional Business Program Manager... Helluva job opportunity just opened up at CATA! http://www.cata.org/AboutCATA/JobOpportunities/tabid/154/ctl/JobView/mid/592/Default.aspx?J…
  • in terms of likelihood, we're still workin on that! this portion of the study is to guage which of those options - the conventional bus, brt, lrt, and streetcar - are the most viable for federal funding and thus viable for implementation. Thus far …
  • Hey Jared, I moved to Lansing via East Lansing about 2 years ago when I started working for CATA, I absolutely love this town. Great people, great things going on! As far as the trolley, those old ones needed to go... They were made in 1993, you…
  • It's my baby!! I'm the system planner for CATA and one of the assistant project managers on the study. Now that I've discovered this, i'll post updates as they come.
  • Route 1 had more than 1.7 million riders in 2009. On a given weekday, it carries more than 10% of the trips along the corridor with less than 1% of the vehicles. It is 10-15 minutes between each bus, and it has 7-day service from early AM to late …
  • Thanks for putting this together, everyone! We're still waiting on the outcome, but as soon as something's known we'll post it on the accelerate lansing website and on the GL4G website (www.greaterlansing4google.com or www.gl4g.com)