Come to TRU’s Spring Meeting: SMART, DDOT and Other Transit Agencies Working Better Together!
Find out what the transit agencies in Southeast Michigan are doing or plan to do this year to improve public transit in our region. Let them know which improvements are most important to you!
DATE: Thursday, April 3, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
LOCATION: at the MSU Detroit Center, 3408 Woodward, south of Mack
TRU is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2014 Regional Transit Awards! These 24 amazing individuals and projects are being recognized for their unique and powerful contribution to improving our region’s transit.
All nominees will be celebrated and the winners – selected by an independent panel of judges – will be awarded that the Awards dinner on Thursday evening, May 8, at Detroit’s historic Hotel St. Regis.
Nominees for 2014 Regional Transit Awards Read More »
It’s been a busy week for Detroit area transit:
– Wall Street Journal: Detroit’s Broken Buses Vex a Broke City
– Metro Times cover story: How Detroit ended up with the worst public transit
– metromode: Three Common Sense Solutions for Local Transit (That Metro Detroit Isn’t Doing)
– Detroit News: Detroit looking at options for bus service
– Detroit News: $6.3M dose of cold reality: Troy Transit Center sits empty amid dispute
– WDET news: Can Detroit use Mass Transit to Attract Big Business? Expert says Yes
Lots of Detroit Transit in the News Read More »
SMART provides an essential service, connecting people to jobs, job training, doctors, and more. However SMART does not have the funding it needs to meet our community’s transportation needs. Between declining property values, declining state and federal support, and increasing costs, SMART has not been able to even maintain service levels, let alone provide the expanded service that riders and employers need.
For these reasons and more, TRU is urging County Commissioners to give voters a chance to support an increased SMART millage on the ballot this August.
Counties Debate SMART Millage Increase, Potential New Service? Read More »
State leaders found a backdoor way to provide the RTA the funding necessary to hire a new CEO and staff, who should be in place in early summer. The RTA Board is slowly proceeding toward updating the Regional Transit Plan and planning the first three rapid transit lines. The RTA’s progress is not exciting nor quick, but important and moving in the right direction.
RTA Update: Legislature Rejects RTA Funding Request, But Pledges Future Funding Read More »
