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The 2014 Regional Transit Awards Celebrated Transit Champions and Progress

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.

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State Leg Considers New Transportation Funding, but Leaves Transit Out Again!

Michigan roads need serious work.
Michigan buses need serious work too.
So do our train lines and bike paths.

So why does the big transportation funding package only fund one part of Michigan’s transportation system?!?

Tell Michigan legislators to fund the full transportation system, not just part of it.

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Detroit Inner Circle Greenway

TRU is pleased to support the application filed in April 2014 by the City of Detroit for a TIGER FY2014 grant to construct the Inner Circle Greenway, a non-motorized trail project in and along the cities of Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park and Dearborn. This project would link many diverse neighborhoods and expand the Link Detroit Project,

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Great TRU Spring Meeting on Transit Service and Coordination

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.

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TRU 2014 Regional Transit Awards

Nominees for 2014 Regional Transit Awards

TRU is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2014 Regional Transit Awards! These 24 amazing individuals and projects are being recognized for their unique and powerful contribution to improving our region’s transit.

All nominees will be celebrated and the winners – selected by an independent panel of judges – will be awarded that the Awards dinner on Thursday evening, May 8, at Detroit’s historic Hotel St. Regis.

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