Champion Change In Your Community Now!! You’re Invited to apply to join TRU’s Transportation Civic Academy! UPDATE – APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED! Transportation systems shape the way we go about our daily lives, and even the future of our planet, but the way these systems are shaped is often a mystery to many decision-makers and the […]
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After decades of barely even funding maintenance-level investments in public transportation, new legislation just introduced would invest fully $2 billion in transformational transit projects across Michigan over the next decade! The 5-part bill package would allocate $200 million a year for the next ten years for public transit! As sponsor Rep Jason Morgan told the
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We at TRU believe everyone should be able to get where they need to go, regardless of whether they drive. Yet for decades, a few local politicians have blocked residents of parts of southeast Michigan from event voting whether they want to invest in transit! In 2022, with your support, we succeeded in expanding public
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To maintain Michigan’s current transit, the state’s FY25 budget must invest at least $285 million in Local Bus Operating, which they can achieve if the House, Senate, and Governor:
Adopt the Senate proposal to add $40 million from the general fund AND
Move $20 million from the Governor’s proposed “Transit Innovation Grant” into LBO.
This critical LBO funding is in addition to $252 million for transit capital, $152 million for rail, and $2.9 million for an electric bicycle incentive program.
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Over the next week, there will be tons of people downtown for the NFL Draft! It is so amazing to see so many people experience a pedestrian friendly experience downtown, and we cannot wait to enjoy it! However, this will present many challenges, not just to visitors, but to Detroiters traveling through downtown. Therefore, TRU
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