Given how vital video is these days in sharing information, shaping opinions, and mobilizing action, TRU needs someone to help us tell the story of transit through video! TRU is seeking a hardworking individual experienced in producing compelling short form videos and managing live broadcasts to be part of the team that is growing the […]
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UPDATE: TRU has prepared an email tool you can use to tell SMART we need buses more places, more often! Click the red button above to send your message. As a shortage of drivers continues to disrupt SMART service, the agency is pursuing a major overhaul of its route system. Consultants for the project gave
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If you can drive and afford a car, you may not understand what it’s like to rely on walking, rolling, transit and asking for rides to get everywhere you need to go. But for nearly a third of people living in the United States – people with disabilities, young people, seniors and people who can’t
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Turnout among voters in Detroit is often low, and transit riders are no exception. Yet transit riders have important needs our elected officials should be working to serve. That’s why this fall, TRU is hiring Rider Engagement Fellows to help get out the vote! The fellows will talk to bus riders at transit centers, buses,
Want to Help Get Out the Bus Rider Vote? TRU is Hiring! Read More »
Written by Mitchell Mantey, a Detroiter, bus rider, TRU volunteer, and member of TRU’s Board of Directors. What is more important – the safe and convenient movement of people or pavement type and storage for vehicles? The Michigan Department of Transportation is planning an exciting reconstruction of Michigan Avenue through Corktown that entails installing dedicated
Save the Bus Lanes: Support a Multimodal Michigan Ave! Read More »
