One of TRU’s greatest accomplishments over our twenty years of advocacy is that we changed the Detroit region’s public perception about the value of transit. When we started in 1999, a lot of people said, “Transit? Who cares? Why bother? We’re the Motor City!” Over time we shifted that to, “Well, it’d be nice to …
Today, Tuesday, March 2nd, TRU is calling all our members to speak out and help #SaveTransit! Congress will soon be voting on the federal COVID-19 Relief Bill, which currently includes $30 billion dollars for federal transit funding. If passed, these funds would be critical to keeping transit agencies operating into the coming years, despite massive …
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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