TRU is honored to welcome six new and four returning volunteers to TRU’s Board of Directors. These individuals will lead and support TRU’s mission and priorities for the next three years: Meagan Costea * Dave Kuziemko Paul Lippens Kelly Logan * Martin Moore Bob Prud’homme * Michele Prud’homme Ramya Swayamprakash Shamsuddin Syed Marcia Yakes * […]
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TRU’s Assistant Director Ruth Johnson presented an update on Detroit transit before the Detroit City Council. We presented an honest evaluation of DDOT progress under Mayor Duggan and Director Dan Dirks, rating their results to date a “C-.”
On the plus side, the mayor has made transit a priority and Dan Dirks is working hard to undo decades of underfunding and mismanagement. Yet riders are not yet feeling on-the-ground improvement.
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TRU’s Assistant Director Ruth Johnson presented an update on Detroit transit before the Detroit City Council. We presented an honest evaluation of DDOT progress under Mayor Duggan and Director Dan Dirks, rating their results to date a “C-.”
On the plus side, the mayor has made transit a priority and Dan Dirks is working hard to undo decades of underfunding and mismanagement. Yet riders are not yet feeling on-the-ground improvement.
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Mayor Duggan and DDOT Director Dirks held a press conference Thursday to announce the arrival of new DDOT buses and a new mobile “DDOT bus” ap.
They showed off the first of 80 new buses scheduled to be delivered this year; the first seven of which will hit the streets in the next two weeks.
They also unveiled a new “DDOT Bus App” mobile app which provides riders who have smart phones the real-time location, movement and arrival time of the next bus at their stop.
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The Michigan legislature passed a major package of bills to fund transportation and more, including $112 million for transit!
However, for the funding to be enacted, Michigan voters must decide in May 2015 to raise Michigan’s sales tax to 7% from its current 6%.
Thank you so much if you were one of the thousands of people who called, emailed, and visited your legislators to urge their support for transit!!
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