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- Description:
- In this installment of "Know your government" Frank Bennett moderates a discussion of the new Michigan gasoline tax aimed at improving roads in Michigan. State Rep. Wade van Valkenburg argues in favor of the tax, claiming that it targets people who use the roads and will benefit most from their improvement, while Kalamazoo attorney and CIO representative Justin Brocado argues that the legislature should have adopted Gov. G Mennin "Soapy" Williams' plan to increase corporate taxes in combination with a smaller increase in the gas tax to fund road improvement.
- Date Issued:
- 1952-05-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1839-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Maps
- Description:
- Two maps depicting roads in narrow strips. One shows a road in southern England from London to Aberistwith [Aberistwyth], Wales, via Uxbridge, Oxford, Worcester, and Prestain [Presteigne], through Middlesex, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Herefordshire in England, and Radnorshire and Cardiganshire in Wales. The first map also shows an alternate road "To Worcester thro' Campden commencing at the Four Shire Stones". The other map shows a road from Bristol to Bath and a road from Bristol to Exeter via Taunton, through Somersetshire and Devonshire. Both maps show cities and towns, mile markers, rivers, and road junctions.
- Date Issued:
- 1765-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Maps
- Description:
- Map of a road from London to York via Stamford, Grantham, Newark-on-Trent, and Doncaster, depicted in ten narrow strips. Shows cities and towns, mile markers, rivers, and road junctions.
- Date Issued:
- 1766-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Maps
- Description:
- These files contain information on transportation, including roads, railways, the Capital Region International Airport, and other modes. These files can be browsed in the Local History Room at CADL during open hours. Most contents have not been digitized.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Biography and Subject Files
- Description:
- Rocks divided by a tree by the side of a road.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Entry road to camp site
- Date Created:
- 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Duane Mezga Holocaust Sites Photograph Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Know your government" Frank Bennett moderates a discussion of the new Michigan gasoline tax aimed at improving roads in Michigan. State Rep. Wade van Valkenburg argues in favor of the tax, claiming that it targets people who use the roads and will benefit most from their improvement, while Kalamazoo attorney and CIO representative Justin Brocado argues that the legislature should have adopted Gov. G Mennin "Soapy" Williams' plan to increase corporate taxes in combination with a smaller increase in the gas tax to fund road improvement.
- Date Issued:
- 1952-05-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama and Vice President Biden speak at the Department of Transportation on transportation infrastructure projects in the economic stimulus plan. Transportation Secretary, Ray LaHood, opens the conference with a review of current investments going towards transportation, leading to advancements and jobs. President Obama says it is safe to say the recovery plan is "coming in ahead of schedule and under budget."
- Date Issued:
- 2009-04-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama says it would be inexcusable for Congress to refuse to pass the surface transportation and FAA extensions which will keep Americans working. Obama reminds listeners that renewing these pieces of legislation was once routine saying, "the transportation bill has been renewed seven times in the past two years." He says extensions are supported by groups as diverse as the Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-08-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
