This Wednesday, TRU and our allies hosted our first-ever Detroit Mayoral Forum on Public Transit. Over 150 people attended in person or online, sending a strong message that improving transit must be a priority for the next mayoral administration. 7 of the 9 candidates on the ballot joined us at the forum. While they differed […]
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Our May Transit Tuesday Talk was hosted with Detroit Greenways Coalition, and we’re so excited that we got to hear from Todd Scott, Executive Director of DGC and Christina Peltier, Deputy Director of Complete Streets for the City of Detroit’s Department of Public Works. Thanks for telling us about exciting progress on Detroit’s Joe Louis
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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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In the coming months, Detroiters will choose a new Mayor for the first time in over a decade, as well as electing the nine members of Detroit’s City Council. As a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, TRU cannot endorse or oppose candidates for office. However, this is an important opportunity to hold candidates to account for
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The following story was published in The Macomb Daily as a letter to the editor, written by TRU communications intern Theresa De Benedetti. As a young person who has grown up in Macomb County I urge our state leaders to increase funding for public transportation. Young people, elderly and business owners all benefit from a
