Act No. 561 Public Acts of 2002, p. 1.
Act No. 561, p. 1.
Ronald D. Utt, “Improving Government Performance Through Competitive Contracting”, Heritage Backgrounder No. 1452, June 25, 2001.
Act No. 561, p. 5.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Wendell Cox and Ronald D. Utt, “Census Shows Commuters Are Rejecting Transit”, Heritage Executive Memorandum No. 832, September 9, 2002.
Act No. 561, p. 6.
In a November, 1996 Detroit News article Rod Scott, vice president of Nicholson Terminal & Dock responded to such a notion by saying, “What are they trying to accomplish? There is no shortage of facilities, there is no service that is not being performed.” In an April, 1998 interview with Michigan Privatization Report, Mr. Scott added, “As for marketing, Nicholson Terminal & Dock, like other terminal owners, does its own marketing. I personally spend 150 days a year in Europe and Asia marketing our services and establishing relationships. The Authority simply does not have the skill to properly market our services.”
Roslyn Wilson, “Transportation in America: A Statistical Analysis of Transportation in the United States,” 2000, Eno Transportation Foundation, 2001, p. 15.
Michigan Department of Transportation, Response to FOIA Request #12367, Oct. 25, 2002.
Eno, p. 15.
Ronald D. Utt, “FAA Reauthorization: Time to Chart a Course for Privatizing Airports,” Heritage Backgrounder No. 1289, June 4, 1999.
Act No. 561, p. 6.
Lawrence W. Reed, Mackinac Center for Public Policy web site, “Anti-Jitney Law Takes People for a Ride,” accessible on the Internet at https://www.mackinac.org/2536.
Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, 2000, Washington, D.C., 2002, Table FE-221.