BATA on the Ballot
The Michigan Land Use Institute takes an interesting look at the role of the Bay Area Transit Authority (BATA) in the overall transportation mix of the region that includes a brief video. They write that:
On Tuesday, November 6, BATA is asking voters like me to approve a renewal of 0.35 mills to continue funding bus service in Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties. It’s not a tax increase, but simply a renewal of what we’ve been BATA over the last three years. The owner of a $100,000 home, with a taxable value of $50,000, BATA says, will continue to pay $17.50 a year—about a nickel a day.
Read more and watch the video in BATA? You Bet! from the MLUI and let us know what you think in the comments.
I think that there's a tendency to think about BATA as a Traverse City thing that doesn't affect folks in Leelanau. This video illustrates how reliant people without cars in Leelanau are on BATA, and I hope that folks in the area see fit to renew this millage.
Comment by Andrew McFarlane — October 31, 2007 @ 10:49 am