Pothole-plagued roads are often loud ones too, and residents living near freeways are imploring Lansing for help. Some states are getting creative.
Michigan roads
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Opinion | Replacing Michigan’s dwindling road funds is everyone’s duty
All Michigan residents use the roads whether they drive or not. It’s clear that funding for maintenance and improvement should be broad based, not just borne by vehicle owners.
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Opinion | Michigan needs policy fixes to increase public transit options
Michigan’s climate plan calls for access to clean transportation options be increased 15 percent a year. But the state must share more of its revenues with public transit agencies and allow for more flexibility to pass ballot measures.
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Michigan lawmakers raise concern about toll road plan
The study results are in: Michigan may consider toll roads. But at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers quizzed the firm behind the study on who would most heavily bear the cost.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer open to charging tolls on Michigan roads
The governor says tolling may be ‘part of the long-term solution’ as fuel tax revenues are expected to decline as the sale of electric vehicles increase.
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Highway tolls could raise $1B to fix Michigan roads, study finds. Is it time?
Lawmakers say tolls are an option, and a new feasibility study to state officials says it’s plausible. But political blowback might be fierce.
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Report: Electric vehicle sales could cost Michigan roads $500M by 2030
Electric vehicles are on the rise in Michigan. But their increased use could mean bad news for Michigan roads if the gas tax remains the main funding source for repairs, a new report found.
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Gretchen Whitmer won’t boost gas taxes. But maybe a mileage tax for roads?
The governor wants to rethink the way Michigan funds road repairs as the auto industry shifts toward electric vehicles that don’t use any fuel at all.
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Study: Michigan’s 75 mph speed limit caused more crashes, deaths
Crashes up 17 percent; fatal crashes climb 63 percent along the 600 miles of rural freeways that increased speed limits in 2017.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s to-do list: gun control, tax cuts, Right-to-Work repeal
Fresh off huge wins, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Democrats plan to move quickly on gun security measures, ending the pension tax and finding a long-term funding source to fixing the roads.