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Coast-to-Coast Passenger Rail supporters: join us!

The Coast-to-Coast Passenger Rail Ridership and Cost Estimate Study is now complete. The Stakeholder Advisory Committee was active in providing feedback and supporting the public engagement effort. 

To build momentum toward a full feasibility study, more supporters and champions are needed. Listed here are the organizations, leaders, and municipalities that have signed on so far. If your organization or municipality is not listed and you want to be involved, contact Liz Treutel Callin at liz@environmentalcouncil.org.

If you’re an individual interested in signing on to our list of supporters for updates and opportunities to get involved, click here.

The following organizations have generously supported this project by contributing funds to the local match for the federal grant to complete the ridership assessment:

1. Greater Lansing Convention and Visitors Bureau
2. Holland Area Convention And Visitors Bureau
3. Plymouth Community Chamber of Commerce
4. Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce
5. City of Plymouth
6. Ingham County Economic Development Corporation
7. Macatawa Area Coordinating Council
8. Experience Grand Rapids
9. Livonia Chamber of Commerce
10. Cascade Charter Township
11. Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority

The following individuals and organizations have written letters of support for the project:

1. Metro Detroit Convention and Visitors Bureau
2. State Senator Coleman A. Young II
3. State Senator Glenn Anderson, Senate Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee Minority Vice Chair
4. State Representative Andrew Kandrevas, House Appropriations Transportation Subcommittee Minority Vice Chair
5. Speaker Pro Tempore of the House, State Representative John Walsh
6. Ann Arbor Mayor John Hieftje
7. City of Ypsilanti
8. Ann Arbor / Ypsilanti Regional Chamber
9. Ann Arbor Area Transportation Authority (AAATA)
10. State Representative Jeff Irwin
11. Washtenaw Area Transportation Study (WATS)
12. Peter Allen & Associates
13. City of Brighton
14. Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce
15. City of Howell
16. City of East Lansing
17. Michigan Municipal League
18. Michigan State University
19. Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce
20. Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP)
21. Tri-County Regional Planning Commission
22. State Representative Lisa Posthumus Lyons
23. State Senator Dave Hildenbrand
24. Downtown Grand Rapids Inc.
25. Interurban Transit Partnership (The Rapid)
26. The Right Place
27. State Senator Mark Jansen
28. State Representative Ken Yonker
29. State Representative Winnie Brinks
30. State Representative Brandon Dillon
31. City of Holland
32. State Senator Arlan Meekhof
33. State Representative Joe Haveman, House Appropriations Committee Chair
34. State Representative Bob Genetski
35. State Representative Amanda Price
36. State Senator Rick Jones
37. State Representative Al Pscholka, House Appropriations Committee Majority Vice Chair
38. State Senator Roger Kahn, Senate Appropriations Committee Chair
39. State Senator Tonya Schuitmaker
40. State Representative Wayne Schmidt, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chair
41. State Senator Tom Casperson, Senate Transportation Committee Chair