By Beth Milligan, The Ticker; April 5, 2018
Consultants are only halfway through a six-month study on the possibility of reestablishing passenger rail service between Traverse City and Ann Arbor, but initial findings are already making a convincing case: demand is there to justify the return of trains to northern Michigan.
Representatives from consulting firm Transportation Economics and Management Systems (TEMS) are meeting with Traverse City and Petoskey officials this week to present initial findings from their study. After analyzing tourism and visitor data for both communities, TEMS President Alexander Metcalf tells The Ticker the firm determined more than 6 million visitors a year travel to Traverse City and Petoskey – and says those figures are expected to double by 2045.
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