Michigan about to axe Amtrak

From AP via Detroit Free Press:
Michigan may cut subsidies that keep Amtrak running
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"The Pere Marquette and Blue Water trains wouldn’t run without a state contract, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari said. He indicated it’s unclear how service would be affected, however, as legislators aren’t finished drawing up the budget for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1.

"Mass transit advocates are worried enough, though, that they staged bake sales in four cities Wednesday to bring attention to the proposed cuts to Amtrak and local bus operations." [emphasis added]

"'We need to have state and federal support,' said Todd Tennis of the Let’s Get Moving Coalition, a group of public transportation supporters. 'We can’t support public transportation funding with bake sales.'"
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