We’ve officially announced the major northern Michigan passenger rail study that will explore regular service between Ann Arbor and the Petoskey and Traverse City areas. The announcement took place last week at press conference along the tracks at Traverse City’s former train depot.

Back in 2012 it took me more than two hours and a bus change to get to downtown Detroit from its Metro Airport–the 44th busiest airport in the world. But finally, after decades of trying to create a modern transit system in southeast Michigan, regional leaders have a plan to make getting around much easier.