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Flex Your Grants: A New Report from TRU and Partners

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Given unprecedented levels of federal funding now available for US transportation projects, TRU was pleased to collaborate with several partner groups from across the Midwest to develop a new report, “Flex Your Grants: Leveraging Federal Dollars for Clean Transportation Projects.” This resource was authored by the Shared Use Mobility Center in collaboration with the RE-AMP

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Michigan House Speaker Joe Tate speaks at a podium.

Land Value Tax Would Help Redevelop Detroit’s Density

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Detroit has long struggled with high property tax rates, low property values, and insufficient City funding for critical services like public transportation. Mayor Duggan has proposed one way to start addressing those challenges – a new Land Value Tax (LVT). Property taxes would be assessed separately for the land and for the developed buildings on

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Group of people getting on Qline at Campus Martius at night.

Transit as a Key Piece to the Population Puzzle

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For more info on the Growing Michigan Together Council, view their website: https://growingmichigan.org/ Governor Whitmer appointed the Growing Michigan Together Council to “advise the governor on specific policies to grow Michigan’s population” and “set Michigan up for success in the 21st Century.” The Infrastructure and Places Workgroup is tasked “to propose long-term, sustainable, and equitable

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Secretary of Pete Buttigieg stands with Governor Whitmer and Lieutenant Governor Gilchrist.

TRU Supports the Advancing Corridors for Transit Project: A Letter to Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg

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Dear Secretary Buttigieg: On behalf of Transportation Riders United and thousands of Detroit area transit riders and supporters, I am writing to express our enthusiastic support for the Advancing Corridors for Transit (ACT) project, a co-application from the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan (RTA), Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), and the Southeast Michigan Council

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