State transportation funding shortchanges cities and transit
Kentwood
Summary
Rapid board member Jack Hoffman argued the state budget gives rural roads $444 per capita versus $195 for cities and just $27 for public transit, and urged support for House Bill 4210 to direct sales tax on transportation products to transit.
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Last discussed May 11, 2026.
Impact analysis
Cities get less than half the per-capita road funding rural counties receive, and transit gets $27 per capita versus MDOT's stated $280 need.
Passage of HB 4210 would send an estimated $25 more per capita to public transportation in urban regions.
City road budgets and transit riders bear the cost of a funding formula weighted toward rural roads and heavy trucks.
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