A few years ago, a few TRU volunteers put together a fun five-minute video: "What if trains came back to Detroit?" It’s a montage of images from Detroit mixed with images of transit in other cities. Check it out on YouTube.
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The Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council and They are currently testing out this new system and welcome you to try it out as well. Dynamite, Inc have created an online Smart Commute Calculator that will calculate personalized information on how much money you could save, how many calories you could burn, and how much pollution you
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"In order to get a walkable community you need density, and in order to get more density you need a regional mass transit system. It just boggles my mind that an area this size doesn’t have mass transit." – Birmingham planning director Jana Ecker, in metromode
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Are you interested in promoting bus ridership in greater Detroit? Is there a bus stop near where you work? If so, we’ve got a project for you! TRU is partnering with Detroit Synergy Group in an effort to get more people to bus to work. They are looking for volunteers who work near existing bus
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Detroit is one of just five big cities where transportation eats up a fifth or more of household costs – Detroit was third after Houston and Cleveland. According to the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership, as reported in Forbes magazine, Detroiters spend on average 20.5% of their income on transportation and spend 57 hours a year
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