TRANSIT VOICES: Hear from TRU member and transit advocate Robert Pawlowski about their experience riding transit from a young age and the challenges Downriver residents face accessing transit.
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TRU’s 25th year was an eventful one! We saw major progress in the quest to Double DDOT, gaining a historic increase of funding for the department, and achieving new contracts for bus drivers and mechanics. Transit was elevated as a major issue in the Detroit mayoral election, as we conducted ride-alongs with every mayoral candidate
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TRU is proud to announce that our executive director, Megan Owens, has been named a co-chair of Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield’s Transit Improvement & Mobility Innovation committee on her Rise Higher Detroit Transition Team. Megan is joined by co-chairs Tiffany Gunter (General Manager & CEO of SMART) and Dessa Cosma (Founder and Executive Director of Detroit
TRU joins Mayor-elect Sheffield’s transition team! Read More »
At a series of public hearings this week, SMART is proposing some significant service changes for next year, including the first frequency improvements since the agency’s pandemic-era cuts. Among other changes, SMART proposes to increase frequencies on all three of its FAST express routes to every 20 minutes; to extend the Van Dyke and Fort
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Update: A loss for now Unfortunately, Southland Mall management went through with removing the bus stop, and now riders must walk over half a mile to access the mall. Since Southland Mall is a private business, there isn’t much more we can do, but an individual has filed a civil rights case over a lack
Downriver Bus Hub at Risk – Keep the Southland Bus Stop Open! Read More »
