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TRU’s Transportation Civic Academy (TCA) is back this fall and winter season!

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Returning for an exclusively virtual Academy in year three! This year’s Academy is an eight-week course on transportation politics and policy, running from November into December, with a focus on the regional public transportation landscape in Michigan. Participants will learn the history of transportation in our region, who makes the decisions when it comes to how […]

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Michigan Mobility 2050 Must Work for All of Us!

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Tell MDOT Michigan Mobility 2050 plan must work for all Michiganders! Once every five years, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) decides the state’s transportation priorities for the next 25 years. While they claim the Mobility 2050 plan is an inclusive “all modes” transportation plan that emphasizes values of safety, accessibility, economic vitality, and preservation,

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Road construction in East Lansing

MDOT, Invest Equally in Transit and Highways: Five Year Transportation Program

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MDOT’s Draft Five Year Transportation Program should support transit more! The 2027-2031 Five Year Transportation Program (5YTP) outlines how MDOT will invest money over the next five years to support their goals in the MDOT 2050 Mobility Plan. This program is a detailed overview of the specific projects up in the next few years, including

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Accountability Tracking (Bird-dogging) with TRU

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What TRU is looking for people who are interested in making a real difference. Birddogging is when activists show up at a candidate’s public events and press them on the record with pointed questions about a specific issue, so their answers are captured on video and can be tracked over time. This holds politicians accountable

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