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More than two dozen groups joined together on Rosa Parks birthday to urge Michigan leaders to invest in improving Michigan’s entire transportation system. Challenging Michigan’s leaders to meet the moment, the groups acknowledged that Michigan’s transportation system has long been underfunded and expressed excitement by the possibilities presented by the current debate over a ‘roads […]

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Dec 29 2024

TRU 2024 Year in Review

DDOT, Michigan Legislature, SMART, transit funding, Wayne County

For TRU, as for many of us, 2024 was a year of both wins and losses. A challenging aspect of our work is the fact that to advance transit, we need to work on many fronts: local, state and even federal. To do that, we need to keep growing our power as an organization –

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SMART FAST bus at a shelter with a realtime screen

Dec 21 2024

Big Win for Transit Expansion: Ending Opt-Outs!

DDOT, Michigan Legislature, opt-out, SMART, vote, Wayne County

In the last chaotic hours of the lame duck session in December 2024, the Michigan legislature successfully passed an important bill for public transit. And Governor Whitmer has signed it into law! In Wayne and Oakland Counties, future transit ballot measures will be voted on and funded by the entire county! Once House Bill 6088

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Dec 4 2024

Transit Must be a Priority in the Legislature’s Final Days of 2024

Legislative Transit Caucus, Michigan Legislature, transit funding, Wayne County

Public transit supporters had high hopes that Michigan’s 102nd legislature would achieve great things, given the newly formed Legislative Transit Caucus and pledges from the Democratic trifecta to fight for affordability and equity. Yet beyond a one-time boost in last year’s budget, transit has achieved little lasting benefit. As the number of legislative session days

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Nov 20 2024

Support Transit for ALL of Wayne County!

Michigan Legislature, SMART, transit funding, Warren Evans, Wayne County

Nearly 40 years ago, local municipal leaders throughout Wayne and Oakland Counties decided whether to allow their voters to choose to invest in public transit. (Macomb County included all communities.) Many communities let their resident vote and those voters approved transit investments nearly every time, resulting in the current SMART bus system. Other municipal leaders

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