密歇根新闻广播 区域交通管理局的再次尝试

 

For years, the Regional Transit¹ Authority of Southeast Michigan (RTA) has been trying and failing, to garner² support for a coordinated³ mass transit system that would connect Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, and Washtenaw Counties.

In 2016, a slim majority of voters in those four counties rejected the RTA's proposal for a public transit millage to fund the plan. Two years later, the proposal failed to make the 2018 ballot⁴ after board members from Oakland and Macomb Counties refused to approve it.

The RTA recently released an updated plan that lays out its vision for regional mobility⁵ in southeast Michigan.

Megan Owens is the executive director of Transportation Riders United. She says that the RTA's new plan has kept the most popular elements of the previous one. Those include a commuter⁶ train between Detroit and Ann Arbor⁷, an airport express service, and an increase in the frequency of public transit options along some of the region’s busiest areas.

Owens notes that elements of the new plan were adjusted based on concerns raised by some voters in the counties it would serve.

The northernmost parts of Oakland and Macomb County, while they would like to see some transit improvement, they don't see nearly the value that the rest of the region would, Owens said. So, if the Legislature allows it, this plan would actually include just the southern two-thirds of Oakland and Macomb County, along with Wayne and Washtenaw Counties.

Over the next several months, Owens says that the RTA will be holding meetings in each of the four counties to listen to community members' feedback and adjust its plan accordingly.

The Regional Transit Authority will be holding a Regional Master Transit Plan Open House on Thursday, July 18 at the Traverwood Branch Library.

This post was written by Stateside production assistant Isabella Isaacs-Thomas.

1 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

2 garner   

v.收藏；取得

参考例句：

• He has garnered extensive support for his proposals.他的提议得到了广泛的支持。
• Squirrels garner nuts for the winter.松鼠为过冬储存松果。

3 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

4 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

5 mobility   

n.可动性，变动性，情感不定

参考例句：

• The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
• Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。

6 commuter   

n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者

参考例句：

• Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
• She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。

7 arbor   

n.凉亭；树木

参考例句：

• They sat in the arbor and chatted over tea.他们坐在凉亭里，边喝茶边聊天。
• You may have heard of Arbor Day at school.你可能在学校里听过植树节。