The future of transportation in SE Michigan

by Jaime Pfeffer

May 5th, 2008 in Autos, Conservation, Detroit, Energy, Environment, Green, Living

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National Transportation Week is just around the corner, and you’d be hard-pressed to find an area with transit on the brain more than metro Detroit. There are plenty of events scheduled for this special week — which runs nationwide from May 11 - 18 — including “The Future of Transportation in Southeast Michigan”, a business breakfast in metro Detroit on Thursday, May 15.

Moderated by local TV and radio personality Murray Feldman, the event will discuss Detroit’s future in moving freight and moving people. Specifically, the event will address things like leveraging Detroit’s existing infrastructure to drive economic growth for the region, and look at how a proposed Aerotropolis, or Port of Detroit, will play a role in Detroit’s transportation future.

Kirk Streudle, Director of MDOT, will present opening remarks at the event, which is being held at the Henry Ford.

Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano; Norfolk Southern Corporation’s Marc Higginbotham; and Dan Deane, president of Nicholson Terminal & Dock, Inc. will sit on the first panel, entitled “Moving Freight”.

Paul Tait, Executive Director of SEMCOG’s 2035 Southeast Michigan Transportation Plan; John Hertel, CEO of the Regional Transit Coordinating Council; and Heather Carmona, Executive Director of the Woodward Avenue Action Association, are panelists on the second part of the program, “Moving People”.

Tickets to this event are $25 each. Advanced registration is required. For more information, click here.

One of Detroit's biggest cheerleaders, Jaime Pfeffer moved to the Motor City from suburban Detroit five years ago. She started a blog, Girl in the D, in September 2004 to promote the positive aspects of Detroit and hasn't stopped touting Motown's good side since. Jaime left corporate America in 2007 to pursue her first love, writing.