Regional Transit Authority Archives - Page 15 of 18

The RTA and TRU need your help engaging people in Detroit, Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw Counties to develop a regional transit system that we want, need and are willing to pay for!

Come to TRU’s Summer Meeting Tuesday, June 16, 6-8pm, at MSU Detroit Center, to

• Learn the latest about the RTA’s transit projects and how you can help shape those decisions!
• Share Why Transit Matters to YOU and your community!
• Help get people throughout the region talking about Why Transit Matters with a fun contest and activities throughout the summer!

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May 6 2015

Proposal 1: Lessons Learned and Steps from Here

Proposal 1, Regional Transit Authority, Regional Transit Plan, road funding, transit funding

We are TRU are very disappointed that Proposal 1 didn’t pass. Transit systems throughout Michigan needed the extra $115 million a year Prop 1 would have provided!

But now it’s time to move forward. And we need your help:

1) As the road funding debate rages, tell your state legislators to fund a full transportation funding fix that includes transit and doesn’t gut important state services.

2) It is up to us in southeast Michigan to raise our own funds to improve transit, which the RTA will ask voters to do in Nov 2016. Please support TRU’s efforts to get people throughout our region thinking about and sharing why #TransitMatters!

3) Voters in Nov 2016 will need a clear, simple plan to vote on. The RTA will be developing a Regional Transit Action Plan over the next six months. Join TRU and the RTA Tuesday May 12 at Campus Martius for the kickoff of a region-wide discussion on the transit system our region wants, needs, and is willing to pay for!

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Mar 31 2015

The Regional Transit Authority at 2 Years Old

Citizens Advisory Committee, Gratiot, Metro Coalition of Congregations, Michael Ford, Michigan Ave, Providers Advisory Committee, Regional Transit Authority, Regional Transit Plan, RTA Board of Directors

It was 2 years ago that TRU, MOSES and other partners welcomed the first meeting of the RTA Board of Directors with a birthday card, balloons, cake, and high expectations. It’s taken a while, but the RTA is now starting to really take off:
– The RTA is now fully staffed with a new Outreach Manager and Planning Director.
– The RTA staff is attending numerous community events throughout the region to learn what the public wants.
– Starting mid-May, the RTA will be launching a major public outreach and engagement effort.
– The Providers and Citizens Advisory Committees have been hard at work.
– And RTA staff is working to provide on-the-ground transit improvements within the next year.

Stay tuned for LOTS more information.

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