Join TRU’s latest Transit Tuesday Talk to learn all the recent Detroit transit progress, projects, and plans from leaders of DDOT and the Detroit People Mover then ask your questions. Who? We’ll be joined by Robert Cramer, Executive Director of Transit for the City of Detroit and Madonna Van Fossen, Manager of Marketing and Advertising […]
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This Wednesday, TRU and our allies hosted our first-ever Detroit Mayoral Forum on Public Transit. Over 150 people attended in person or online, sending a strong message that improving transit must be a priority for the next mayoral administration. 7 of the 9 candidates on the ballot joined us at the forum. While they differed
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Update – in-person tickets sold out as of 5/27. Zoom registrations still welcome. 2025 is a critically important election year in the City of Detroit. For the first time in 12 years, the name Mike Duggan will not be on the ballot, and the race for Mayor is wide open, with over half a dozen
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In the coming months, Detroiters will choose a new Mayor for the first time in over a decade, as well as electing the nine members of Detroit’s City Council. As a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit, TRU cannot endorse or oppose candidates for office. However, this is an important opportunity to hold candidates to account for
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“I love public transportation, […] it allows me independence.” I love public transportation. I started riding the bus when my mom got a job that meant she couldn’t pick me up from high school anymore. One time I took an extra bus to get home so that I could take an impromptu tour of Royal
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