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In November 2006, Indian Trails, in partnership with Okemos Travel, launched the Michigan Flyer, an express service connecting East Lansing, Jackson, and Ann Arbor with Detroit Metro Airport. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 2012, the Michigan Flyer absorbed the AirRide express service operated by TheRide , and service to Jackson was discontinued.
The city of Kalamazoo began operation of the bus system on January 1, 1967, retaining most of the staff of Kalamazoo City Lines. [9] The newly formed service was branded as "Metro Transit" in October 1967, coinciding with the arrival of a fleet of new GM New Look buses, funded in part by a federal grant.
According to the Airport Authority, a January 2010 leakage study found that 550,000 of the 873,000 airline tickets sold from mid-Michigan in 2009 were to travelers using other Michigan airports: 45% of travelers flew (originated) from Detroit Metro Airport, 37% from Lansing, 8% from Grand Rapids, and 7.6% from Flint.
The Kalamazoo Transportation Center is an Intermodal train and bus station in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. [3] It is the second-busiest Amtrak station in Michigan, after Ann Arbor. [4] The Kalamazoo Transportation Center serves as the main hub for Kalamazoo Metro local buses, and also serves intercity buses operated by Greyhound and Indian Trails.
There are 22 long term parking spaces available and the station hours are from 5:15 am to 6:15 am and from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm daily. [ 1 ] In addition to the three daily train departures, there are two northbound and two southbound Indian Trails intercity bus departures and local bus service SMART (stopping on Woodward Avenue). [ 4 ]
The following year, Amtrak launched an agreement with Greyhound allowing for passengers to buy combined bus and rail tickets for connecting services run by the two companies. These services were the predecessors of Thruway Motorcoach. The first Amtrak bus service to bear the name "Amtrak Thruway" was launched in California in 1993. [2]
The Laker Line is a 13.1-mile (21.1 km) BRT line connecting downtown Grand Rapids with the main campus of Grand Valley State University in Allendale. The line, which primarily runs along Lake Michigan Drive, has 12 stops in Grand Rapids and Walker and two at GVSU; no stops are made between GVSU's campus and the Kent-Ottawa county line.
Kalamazoo metropolitan area Kalamazoo: 6,400 91 MTA: Genesee County: Flint: 13,300 284 Muskegon Area Transit System: Muskegon County: Muskegon: 900 Saginaw Transit Authority Regional Services: Saginaw County: Saginaw: SMART: Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties [321] Detroit: 44,000 247 The Rapid: Grand Rapids metropolitan area Grand Rapids ...