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TRU Served Detroit with Za’Nyia Kelly an Inaugural Climate Corps Fellow!

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TRU was a part of the Michigan Healthy Climate Corps (MHC Corps) for 2024. The MHC Corps is a Michigan specific program under the American Climate Corps umbrella which is a country wide initiative. “The American Climate Corps is a groundbreaking, workforce training and service initiative that will put tens of thousands of young Americans […]

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Election Wins for Transit, and Challenges Ahead

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As we’ve been repeating for months, voting is essential and elections have consequences. A huge thank you both to everyone who voted and to those who’ve spent countless hours calling, texting, knocking doors, and otherwise urging people to vote. The November 5, 2024, election certainly had consequences for transit, both large and small, that I’ll

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Michigan ave with a proposed BRT running down the middle, from a MDOT reimagining

Save the Bus Lanes: Support a Multimodal Michigan Ave!

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Written by Mitchell Mantey, a Detroiter, bus rider, TRU volunteer, and member of TRU’s Board of Directors.  What is more important – the safe and convenient movement of people or pavement type and storage for vehicles?  The Michigan Department of Transportation is planning an exciting reconstruction of Michigan Avenue through Corktown that entails installing dedicated

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The text "Fall 2024, Transportation Civic Academy, Apply Today" in front of a yellow city bus at night

You’re Invited to TRU’s Transportation Civic Academy!

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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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Will Michigan Finally Invest in Transformational Transit?

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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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