TRU’s Transportation Civic Academy is returning for a second season this fall! The Academy is a ten-week course on transportation politics and policy, running from September into November, with a focus on the local landscape in Michigan and metro Detroit. Participants will learn the history of transportation in our region, who makes the decisions when […]
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Despite Michigan voters passing over 90% of transit ballot measures across the state over the past 10 years, Michigan legislators have not made transit funding a priority over the past two decades. Based on current proposals, Michigan’s 77 transit agencies could get the lowest state reimbursement ever, even as need for transit grows. Even as our state juggles
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After decades of talk about fixing the damn roads with minimal meaningful action, the Michigan House of Representatives voted on Wednesday March 19 to pass a $3 billion transportation funding package! It would make major new investments in local roads but provide only a tiny increase for local buses, which TRU and other advocates are
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People all across Michigan want and need more state investment in public transit. So we came together at the State Capitol to demand our legislators provide that critical investment! Over 100 Transit Supporters Went to Lansing for Transit Day at the Capitol More than 50 transit riders and allies joined another 50 agency leaders and
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Last Friday, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan appeared before City Council to outline his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year – and one of the biggest winners was Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) bus service. The Mayor’s proposal would deliver a $20 million funding boost for DDOT, more than for any other single department: from
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