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In or Out?

Decision time on the county transit plan

by Natalie Burg

posted 10/16/2011

In Washtenaw County, buses are city dwellers. The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority, aka TheRide, runs an extensive system in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, with connectors stretching east to Canton and west to Chelsea. But the only local mass transit in Saline, Dexter, and Chelsea is provided by small, shared-ride vehicles--People's Express in Saline, and the

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