The excitement about “New Mobility” is hard to avoid: Ford Motor Company is all about it, the City of Detroit has hired experts in it, some people even say the RTA millage failed because of lack of focus on it. But “new mobility” is rarely defined and seems to encompass everything from Uber to self-driving […]
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The excitement about “New Mobility” is hard to avoid: Ford Motor Company is all about it, the City of Detroit has hired experts in it, some people even say the RTA millage failed because of lack of focus on it. But “new mobility” is rarely defined and seems to encompass everything from Uber to self-driving
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TRU’s Annual Meeting, held Monday January 2017 at the MSU Detroit Center, was packed with over 150 people including transit agency leaders and employees, bus riders, civic leaders, public officials, community activists, and transit supporters.
The event included
1) a TRU presentation on The 2016 Year In Review
2) A State of Metro Detroit Transit Panel Discussion, featuring RTA’s Michael Ford, SMART’s John Hertel, DDOT’s Dan Dirks, and M-1 Rail’s Sommer Woods
3) The TRU Board Election
Highlights of the presentations are summarized with photos and links to videos and downloadable documents.
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At TRU’s Annual Meeting on January 30, current TRU members voted to approve a new slate of Board Members. Following an open call for applications, TRU’s Board Development Committee and current Board members voted to recommended Sam Butler, Tanise Hill, and Julie Tschirhart, who will serve from 2017 through 2019.
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At TRU’s Annual Meeting on January 30, members of TRU will vote on a new slate of Board Members. TRU’s current Board members recommends the following slate of candidates:
– Sam Butler, a community development professional from SW Detroit
– Tanise Hill, who works for the Metro Detroit AFL-CIO
– Lydia Levinson, who works at Michigan Community Resources creating sustainable urban spaces
– Julie Tschirhart, an experienced transit rider and U of M Urban Planning Master student
Please join us at TRU’s Annual Meeting on January 30!
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