Let's Save Michigan

October 26, 2011

Governor Snyder’s Message on Transportation: Streaming TODAY at 3:00 p.m.

For the past few months, Let's Save Michigan has been helping its readers share their vision for transportation in Michigan--and it's been leading up to today.  Governor Snyder will provide his vision, and you can watch the speech, and Lawrence Tech, live at 3:00 p.m.  It will be streaming here.

We'll be watching for some particular things, and urge you to do so as well:

• First, we want to see that Governor Snyder understands that transportation isn't just about building and maintaining roads--it's about moving people around the state, to the jobs, health care, education, and opportunities they need.  Michigan will be most successful when we provide options for everyone. 
• We want to see flexibility in funding, so every community can create the transportation infrastructure that meets its unique needs.
• We want planning to be prioritized, so that communities creating options for everyone are rewarded.
• We want fewer silos and better integration of transportation planning with land use and economic development.
• We want to hear a commitment to the full implementation of "complete streets" for Michigan.
• We want to hear a focus on people, not goods, to help revitalize our state.
• We want a plan for a Regional Transit Authority, to provide an efficient, convenient, powerful transit system for southeast Michigan.

In short: we want transportation system to be a strategic tool for Michigan's reinvention and revitalization.

Governor Snyder, we'll be watching!