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 Hodges
- (plus nominees Andy Basile, Andy Didorosi, and Indian Trails)
- Transit Employee of the Year:
Michael Childs (photo at right) - (plus nominees Ron Freeland, Barbara Hansen, and Larry Tiller)
- Exemplary Innovation Award:
- AATA’s AirRide
- (plus nominees Evol Johnson-Winter, Detroit Bus Company, and Freshwater Transit)
- Citizen Activist of the Year:
- Neil Greenberg
- (plus nominees Joel Batterman, Cindy Reese and Daniel Duane Spyker)
- Special Award for Transit Opportunity
- The Regional Transit Authority board
- Plus a surprise Above and Beyond Award:
- Megan Owens
All of these people and projects have done extraordinary work to advance transit throughout the greater Detroit area and we are proud to recognize and celebrate them!