Michigan DOT has announced that the campus of the historic Michigan Central Station will house a modern mobility facility and Amtrak station. This station will likely serve as the terminus for the Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit proposed passenger rail route.

“If you build it, they will come.” Former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood,” chats with Columbus' regional planning organization, MORPC, about the future of passenger rail and transportation in Ohio.

Access Ohio 2050, the state’s long-range transportation plan, is beginning its second round of public feedback sessions and community members are invited to participate. Results so far show passenger rail is a priority for Ohioans, especially young ones, and as planning progresses advocates will continue to need to push to ensure plans include passenger rail.

State-supported passenger rail services reach nearly half of all residents, jobs, and students in the country and generate billions in economic value.

A new report focuses in on benefits that passenger trains are bringing state economies. Passenger rail could be a major driver of economic activity for Ohio based on results for other state's highlighted in the report.