“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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Last December, TRU and our allies in the Double DDOT Coalition put forward a bold transit funding ask to Mayor Duggan and Detroit City Council: boost Detroit’s bus system with a $150 million contribution from the City’s General Fund in the coming fiscal year, up from $114 million this past year. We didn’t make that
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Last Friday, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan appeared before City Council to outline his budget proposal for the coming fiscal year – and one of the biggest winners was Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) bus service. The Mayor’s proposal would deliver a $20 million funding boost for DDOT, more than for any other single department: from
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It’s time for Detroit to treat public transit like the essential public need that it is, and invest in boosting bus service across the city. A total of 30 organizations have signed this letter to the Mayor and City Council, urging them to commit $150 million in general fund dollars towards the Detroit Department of
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The transit community showed up in full force for the biggest night in transit, TRU’s annual State of Transit meeting on January 28. More than 150 in person attendees and 75 virtual attendees tuned in to join the conversation on the current condition of transit and how we can work together to make it better.
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