Every year, TRU brings transit riders and advocates together with transit agency leaders and policy makers to review the current state of Detroit area transit and efforts and opportunities to improve it.
Register now for the biggest transit event of the year – TRU’s State of Transit – Tuesday evening, January 30, 2024.
Speaker update: We will also be joined by State Senator Jeff Irwin and Michigan Infrastructure Chief Zach Kolodin!
Location update: To enable more space, the event will be held at the Wayne State Industry Innovation Center across the street from TechTown. Transit and parking directions remain the same (see below map), we’ll just be in the building across the street.
This will be a hybrid event: In-person at the WSU Industry Innovation Center (across from TechTown Detroit) and livestreamed on Zoom and on Facebook Live.
The evening will be packed with information and opportunities:
- 5pm – Speakers & Sponsors Reception (VIP ticket required)
- 5:30pm – Doors open to the public (for in-person attendees)
- Refreshments, networking, and advocacy opportunities available
- 6pm – State of Transit program
- Transit year-in-review
- Rider perspectives
- State Policymaker panel
- Transit Agency panel
- TRU Board election (for current TRU members)
- Opportunities to get involved
- 7:45pm – Post-program networking (for in-person attendees)
Confirmed speakers include:
- For the State Policymaker panel:
- State Senator Mallory McMorrow
- State Senator Jeff Irwin
- Michigan Infrastructure Chief Zoch Kolodin
- State Rep. Jason Morgan
- State Rep. Donavan McKinney
- For the Transit Agency panel:
- RTA Executive Director Ben Stupka
- DDOT Interim Director Michael Staley
- SMART Deputy Manager Tiffany Gunter
- People Mover General Manager Robert Cramer
- QLINE CEO Lisa Nuskowski
Special thanks to Wayne State University’s Office of Economic Development and TechTown Detroit for sponsoring! Additional sponsorship opportunities available. Contact Deb @ DetroitTransit.org for details.
Logistics:
- For those able to attend in-person:
- The event will be held at the Wayne State Industry Innovation Center, at 461 Burroughs, across the street from TechTown Detroit in midtown Detroit.
- The venue is close to the QLINE, DDOT 4 and 16 buses, MoGo, and a few blocks from SMART’s FAST Woodward.
- Parking is available at Cass and Amsterdam in the MDOT lot two blocks away.
- The main event begins at 5:30pm with registration, refreshments, and a networking reception.
- The program will run from 6-8pm. Attendees will be asked to mask during the program (due to extended close contacts).
- An additional dessert networking opportunity will follow the program.
- The event will be held at the Wayne State Industry Innovation Center, at 461 Burroughs, across the street from TechTown Detroit in midtown Detroit.
- For those participating through Zoom:
- Watch for an email with your person login link
- The program will begin shortly after 6:00pm.
- Watch the Chat for links, updates, and more. Feel free to share thoughts and ideas in the chat.
- Please use the Q&A function to ask questions of the panelists.
- The event will also be livestreamed and recorded on Facebook Live.
