Why Public Transit?
Right now, Washtenaw County public transit improves the quality of life for all residents by offering them increased freedom, mobility, and opportunity.
Right now, public transit connects people and communities with jobs, businesses, vital services, and social and cultural activities.
Right now, public transit helps build sustainable, prosperous, and dynamic communities.
But right now, funding limitations prevent Washtenaw County public transit from meeting all our needs.
Reductions in coverage mean that residents in underserviced areas face long waits, inconvenient transfers, and limited access. Limited service hours on nights and weekends prevent evening workers and shoppers from being able to use the bus and reduce weekend travel opportunities for households without cars. Right now, inadequate coverage means that too many lifeline medical, employment, and food destinations remain inaccessible by bus.
We need to do better!
Partners for Transit are committed to providing robust, county-wide public transit to promote economic vitality and support a high quality of life for all Washtenaw County residents.
Supporting Partners for Transit advances the goal of connecting all residents to jobs, schools, lifeline services, and recreational and cultural destinations within the Washtenaw region by:
- Improving quality and efficiency of existing services by increasing frequency, extending hours, expanding coverage, and providing express routes
- Expanding the public transit system to connect outlying communities, establish countywide door-to-door service, and initiate a regional commuter rail
- Preserving existing, vulnerable lifeline services for riders with the greatest need for transit