The Detroit City Council is considering the city budget, including the budget for DDOT and the People Mover. Come tell them what you think – at the budget hearing May 7 at 5:00 PM in the 13th Floor Auditorium of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center.
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We need to have a strong showing to remind City Council about the importance of transit. Specifically, we need to inform City Council that we cannot handle any additional service cuts, which would be the result of any additional cuts to DDOT’s budget.
Remember, last September DDOT riders sustained a 15% service cut. The City’s investment in DDOT has been reduced by $25 million compared to the previously approved budget. Those cuts are in addition to 30% cut DDOT riders sustained in April 2005!
We need to tell City Council that jobs and the vitality of the City are on the line. We would like to work with City Council and the proposed Regional Transit Authority to find a new source for funding transit, but until then, we cannot afford to cut any more than we already have.
If you can’t make the hearing on May 7, please call or email the members of City Council and tell them that transit is an essential service that has already been cut too much!