From The Lansing City Pulse

Proponents of rail travel — either high speed rail between states, or light rail trains in cities, or commuter rail lines connecting close cities — say that trains improve people’s quality of life; trains are good for the environment because they take cars off the road; and, building rail infrastructure can create new jobs.

Plans for connecting cities by rail have been heating up. In Ann Arbor, there are two plans: One would provide commuter service between Ann Arbor and Detroit, and another — dubbed “Wally” — would connect Howell and Ann Arbor. In Detroit, a plan to build a light rail line from downtown to the state fairgrounds near 8 Mile Road is planned, but progressing slowly. There is even an effort to get a proposal to build a Maglev line down the middle of Interstate 96 in front of the Legislature. Maglev, a combination of magnet and levitate, is a form of rail transportation in which a car is propelled by magnets.

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