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Thanks so much to everyone who attended TRU’s Regional Transit Awards dinner. This annual fundraiser was a great time, raising money for TRU and celebrating many wonderful people and projects working to improve transit. Special thanks to our generous sponsors who made this event possible: Crothall Services Group Rossetti SMART Telemus Capital Miller & Tischler […]

This summer, as with every summer, TRU staff and volunteers are out at fairs, festivals, farmers markets and other great events talking transit.  We’re inviting people to share their opinions on transit improvements and investment with the new RTA (similar to the above petition), along with sharing important transit information with them. This work is

The new Regional Transit Authority for metro Detroit just held its first meeting this April. But the Michigan Legislature is already considering two bills that would hobble the RTA before it even gets started. HB 4637 – the RTA Opt-Out bill – would allow individual cities and counties to quit the RTA. This is the

Detroit needs Good Bus Service NO MATTER WHAT! Mayor Bing and City Council agreed on a budget maintaining DDOT funding at $57 million, which should maintain current service.  But Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr could gut or change DDOT funding at any time. Don’t Cut Bus Funding – Over the past two years, the City has cut

Please join us in congratulating the winners of TRU’s Regional Transit Awards, presented May 21, 2013:  Forward Motion Award for Most Effective Public Servant: Dennis Schornack (plus nominees Ray LaHood, Melissa Roy, and Conan Smith) Unsung Hero: Marie Donigan (plus nominees Code for America / DDOT text-my-bus, John Swatosh, Laura Trudeau) Corporate Transit Champion: Michele