We at TRU strongly believe that Black Lives and Black Communities matter, now and always. We are outraged and appalled by the extrajudicial murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and far too many other BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) in this country. TRU’s core mission is that everyone should be able to […]
TRU Statement in Support of Black Lives and Black Communities Read More »
TRU sends our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Fred Westbrook, who recently passed away from COVID-19. He recently retired after many years a president of Detroit’s bus drivers union, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 26, fighting for fair treatment of bus riders. For 30 years, he negotiated bonuses for bus drivers if ridership
Coronavirus takes another life from DDOT community Read More »
The American Planning Association is made up of 40,000 professionals who work in the development of communities — physical, economic, and social — at the local, regional, state and national levels. Every two years, they ask experts in the field to contribute to The State of Transportation Planning report that focuses on current topics in
TRU Helped Create National State of Transportation Planning 2020 Report Read More »
To spotlight and humanize the impact of Coronavirus and people who can’t shelter in place, The New York Times published an image-laden feature of riding the bus in Detroit, calling the bus “a rolling symbol of the disparity in how this virus is affecting Americans.” The No. 17 bus began chugging westward across Detroit. On
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While most people aren’t riding the bus, some people still need to, like medical worker Oneita. She’s “freaking out” that there are too many people riding and not enough social distancing.” Despite that, she believes life without the bus would be “unfathomable.”
‘The Woodward bus is packed’: Oneita Jackson Read More »
