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CATA holds charrettes for feedback on Bus Rapid Transit plans

After four days of planning the potential Bus Rapid Transit system, Capital Area Transit Authority held a work-in-progress charrette to show their updated design plans Sunday night at the International Center.The design team took into account community ideas along with concerns about the environmental impact, sustainability, pedestrian safety and optimal traffic solutions to create two main design plans.The potential bus system would run down the Michigan Avenue and Grand River Avenue corridor and would replace the current Route 1 bus.The five-day series of charrettes focused specifically on the section of corridor from Abbot Road to Hagadorn Road.In creating the two road plans, designers addressed the main concerns from community members including: keeping left turns, better pedestrian crossings, keeping the median and not intruding on the campus.“Updating the transportation system in this area isn’t just about transporting you,” CATA urban design consultant Victor Dover said.

MICHIGAN

Michigan same-sex couples in legal limbo as appeal heads to higher court

After about two weeks of deliberation, U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman ruled on Friday that Michigan’s ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional. Attorney General Bill Schuette filled a temporary stay to prevent the ruling from going into effect until an appeal is filed. The stay was granted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Saturday afternoon and will be in effect until Wednesday.