What can YOU DO about Mayor Bing’s proposed cuts to Detroit city buses? The ATU (Amalgamated Transportation Union, the bus drivers’ union) and TRU are hosting a RALLY, NEWS CONFERENCE and MASS ATTENDANCE at the DDOT HEARING THIS COMING TUESDAY, AUGUST, 25th, at 9:15AM outside the ROSA PARKS TRANSIT CENTER! Show up and bring […]
According to the Detroit Free Press: Mayor Dave Bing wants to eliminate Sunday bus service and shorten Saturday hours. The Detroit News adds that the proposed cuts also include: Eliminate the No. 76 Hayes Limited and No. 78 Imperial Limited routes. Reduce service on the following routes, causing longer wait times: the No. 9 Chalmers,
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Don’t despair yet – the proposed DDOT cuts are not final! With your help, we can still convince Mayor Bing and the City Council to preserve Detroit’s vital bus service! 1) Call Mayor Bing today at 313-224-3400! Tell him you oppose these bus cuts! 2) Come to a DDOT hearing next week on the
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that rail generally leads to more growth than highways? According to an economist in the New York Times, "counties with access to a rail line in 1850 grew 20 percent more over the next 40 years. . . (while) a 10 percent increase in a metropolitan area’s stock of highways in 1980 caused a 2
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The New York Times recently reported: "The United States can cut greenhouse gas emissions from transportation in half by 2050 with strategies ranging from cutting speed limits to imposing road pricing, according to a report released today by federal agencies and environmental and industry groups. . . Transportation accounts for roughly 28 percent of the
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