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Shape Detroit’s Future: Apply to Join TRU’s Board (Deadline extended)

TRU is looking for dynamic change-makers from across our region to apply to join our Board of Directors. Help us shape the future of transit in metro Detroit! Applications are open NOW through December 13th to serve starting in February 2025. Do you care about the Detroit Region? Do you want to improve the lives […]

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Launching the “Friends of Transit” Network: Your Transit Advisor

Because of the broad benefits improved transit would provide to so many aspects of our society, there are dozens, possibly hundreds of organizations, businesses, and institutions that support transit. Yet these supporters have rarely been brought together to advance transit improvements. Tackling many other other priorities, many groups lack the capacity to track everything happening

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Internships to improve Detroit Transit!

Do you care about improving transit in metro Detroit? Do you want hands-on experience building the public support transit needs? Can you dedicate 10-25 hours a week for a few months to fighting for more and better transit? Then TRU internships might be right for you! TRU has summer internship openings for students interested in making

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Give Thanks. Give Back. Get Involved!

The holiday season is an important time to not only give thanks for the many good things you have but also to give back to the community that helped provide them.

If you agree that a great public transit system would be a great benefit to the greater Detroit region, here are three important ways you can give back:

1) Apply to join TRU’s Board of Directors! Application deadline extended to January 6.

2) Apply to join the RTA’s Citizens Advisory Committee (Sorry, deadline passed!)

3) Donate to Support Transit Advocacy

As you give thanks this holiday season, think about how you can best give back. Then get involved with Detroit transit advocacy!!

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