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Joint
Statement
from RTA
Chairman
Paul
Hillegonds
and GM
Matt
Webb on
Municipal
Partnership
Act
Legislation
Royal
Oak, Mi
- The
Regional
Transit
Authority’s
(RTA)
mission
has been
since
its
inception
to
manage
and
secure
additional
transportation
resources
that
significantly
enhance
mobility
options
for all
people
of
Southeast
Michigan.
Today’s
announcement
regarding
the
Municipal
Partnership
Act
legislation
provides
another
potential
option
to
increase
investment
levels
for
mobility
and
transit.
The RTA
has been
saying
for many
years,
Southeast
Michigan
continues
to fall
behind
other
comparable
peer
regions
when it
comes to
investment
in
transit.
This
underinvestment
means
people
in our
region
have
difficulty
meeting
their
daily
mobility
needs
and it
puts our
region
as a
whole at
a
disadvantage
from an
economic
development
attractiveness.
If the
MPA
legislation
is
passed,
it would
provide
the
region
with
another
transportation
financing
tool
that can
potentially
help us
close
the
revenue
gap with
our peer
regions.
The RTA
continues
to work
cooperatively
and in
partnership
with our
region’s
elected
leadership,
our
public
transit
providers
and the
far-reaching
list of
stakeholders
across
all
four-counties
that we
interact
with who
are
interested
in
improving
transit
and
mobility
across
Southeast
Michigan.
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