Thank you to everyone involved in making TRU’s 2014 Regional Transit Awards a great success! We were pleased to be joined by 160 supporters in recognizing 24 amazing nominees and awarding six transit champions: Senator Bert Johnson, Detroit Bus Company, Cindy Reese, Carsten Applegate, David Glenn, and myride2.
The 2014 Regional Transit Awards Celebrated Transit Champions and Progress Read More »
Thanks so much to DDOT, SMART, M-1 RAIL, Detroit People Mover, and AAATA The Ride for presenting at TRU’s Spring Meeting April 3! All provided great updates on service improvements, funding challenges, coordination efforts, and plans for the future.
Presenters participated in a Q&A led by Ruth Johnson, during which riders were encouraged to call in complaints with specific details on times and routes so management can know what’s going on and take action to make improvements.
Great TRU Spring Meeting on Transit Service and Coordination Read More »
SMART provides an essential service, connecting people to jobs, job training, doctors, and more. However SMART does not have the funding it needs to meet our community’s transportation needs. Between declining property values, declining state and federal support, and increasing costs, SMART has not been able to even maintain service levels, let alone provide the expanded service that riders and employers need.
For these reasons and more, TRU is urging County Commissioners to give voters a chance to support an increased SMART millage on the ballot this August.
Counties Debate SMART Millage Increase, Potential New Service? Read More »
State leaders found a backdoor way to provide the RTA the funding necessary to hire a new CEO and staff, who should be in place in early summer. The RTA Board is slowly proceeding toward updating the Regional Transit Plan and planning the first three rapid transit lines. The RTA’s progress is not exciting nor quick, but important and moving in the right direction.
RTA Update: Legislature Rejects RTA Funding Request, But Pledges Future Funding Read More »
TRU’s Regional Transit Awards dinner has been called a highlight of the year. The 2014 Awards dinner is coming up May 8 and we need your help to make it the best yet:
1) Sponsor the Regional Transit Awards!
2) Donate to our Silent Auction!
3) Sign up as a Table Captain!
The Regional Transit Awards need your help! Read More »
