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Transit: Keeping Young People in Michigan
The research is clear and irrefutable: America’s most prosperous states — where unemployment is lower and personal incomes higher — tend to have larger populations of young, college educated residents.
Michigan is not among these states.
According to a 2006 CEOs for Cities study, young, educated people prefer not to have to drive to where they live, work and play. Instead they want transportation alternatives to driving a car, including bike lanes, streetcars, light rail, busses, and more.
Michigan’s lack of extensive public transit systems is one reason why thousands of young, educated people are leaving for metropolitan areas like Chicago, Minneapolis and Madison.
Actually, People of All Ages Use Public Transit
People of all ages use public transit, including seniors, teens and the disabled.
• An AARP survey indicated 80 percent of U.S. residents over age 45 decide where they want to live based on their proximity to the things they need. They also want access to housing, transportation, services, entertainment and public spaces.
• Public transit improves mobility for the 25 percent of the population who are unable to drive, allowing them more independence and less reliance on others for their transportation.