A list of upcoming transit events in the Detroit area. To submit an event, email [email protected]. September 2020 –Weds 9/9, 6pm: Detroit People’s Platform Transit Justice Team Power Building Forum. To register, click here. –Weds 9/9, 6:30-8:30 pm: Public Meeting on the State Fairgrounds Development (recurs Thursday 9/17). Zoom link: https://cityofdetroit.zoom.us/j/91431590012?pwd=NWsxSGc0a1JzYy82SHhYc0tJOVpRUT09 –Weds 9/9, 6pm – […]
For many years, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has proposed adding lanes and expanding I-94 through the central city. TRU has pushed back against this proposed project for 18 years, since TRU’s earliest days. MDOT has released a new Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for I-94. MDOT states the new proposed alternatives have a
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The threatened closure of Detroit’s Greyhound Station on Howard Street has been postponed. This may be a three-year hold until a new facility can be built, potentially on MDOT’s property that currently serves as a parking lot on Amsterdam between Woodward and Cass. After an unspecified developer made an offer on the Greyhound station property,
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THANK YOU to everyone who came out to Transit on Tap last night! I love hosting a party that is the kind of gathering where people greet me with “Wanna see the statistics I’ve been collecting on how often my bus is late?” (Answer: extremely yes.) We will be hosting another #TransitOnTap in about two months—stay
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Everyone knows southeast Michigan needs regional transit improvements (well, nearly everyone). The big debate is what those changes should be, what should be prioritized first, and how to pay for them. The RTA is updating the region’s transit priorities and wants to hear from you! Since the narrow ballot loss in 2016, the Regional Transit
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