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Transit advocates tell committee: let buses use MDOT park-and-ride lots to improve safety and ridership
Summary
SMART and the bill sponsor told lawmakers that allowing transit agencies to use MDOT park-and-ride lots as bus stops would improve safe boarding, expand connections and leverage existing infrastructure; members pressed for clarity on MDOT standards, site suitability and who would pay for ADA or pavement upgrades.
Representative Colazar introduced House Bill 5726 as a narrowly focused change directing the Michigan Department of Transportation to work with local transit providers to allow transit buses to use MDOT park-and-ride and carpool lots for passenger pickup when local agencies and MDOT region offices agree. "It is a very straightforward bill that, I think is just something that from every conversation I've had is pretty common sense," the sponsor said.
Harmony Lloyd, deputy general manager and COO of SMART and board president of the Michigan Public Transit Association, told the…
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