The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority is opening a commuter bus route from Canton Township to Ann Arbor that will be ready by the end of the August 2009.
The route is a demo park and ride route funded from a $495,000 U.S. Department of Transportation grant that will enable the AATA to guage interest and support for a permanent link between the two communities.
This is definately welcome news for the thousands of western Wayne County residents commute to Ann Arbor for work, including 3,000 residents of Canton, Plymouth and Westland who work at the University of Michigan. Commuters will pay $125 a month fare but U-M will pay half the cost for qualified employees and there will be three stops in Ann Arbor: downtown, U-M Central Campus and the University of Michigan Hospitals and in Canton, buses will pick up at Independence Park and Cherry Hill Village – in the Cherry Hill and Ridge roads area.
The Canton Township Board of Trustees approved an agreement Tuesday to lease 100 parking spaces in Independence Park, located at Denton and Proctor roads, for $6,000 a month to the AATA. The lease runs from July 1 to June 30, 2011. The service is expected to continue as long as fares and the grant are able to sustain it.
While the schedules are not worked out, there is exciting news that for the first month commuters will be able to ride the bus for free!
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[...] We will watch this story closely as it develops over the next few months as it could be big news for Ann Arbor residents – who are already gaining a commuter bus route to Canton! [...]