ANN ARBOR, MI — Ann Arbor is marking a local milestone in public transit.
“Ann Arbor’s first bus lane opened this last week on State Street,” TheRide CEO Matt Carpenter told City Council on Monday, Dec. 15. “We’re very excited about it.”
Council voted in April to approve an $8 million project to give State Street an overhaul between William Street and South University Avenue near downtown and the University of Michigan campus, adding a dedicated northbound bus lane in the process. Construction lasted for months and finished recently.
Bus drivers and passengers are now “over the moon” about the new lane, Carpenter said. It features “bus only” pavement markings and vertical posts separating it from other traffic…