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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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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UPDATE: TRU has prepared an email tool you can use to tell SMART we need buses more places, more often! Click the red button above to send your message. As a shortage of drivers continues to disrupt SMART service, the agency is pursuing a major overhaul of its route system. Consultants for the project gave
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Alex Selsey moved to the Detroit area after college and started riding the bus during the pandemic. He is a 25 year old who commutes to his engineering job in Warren via the bus. Alex, like many young people, highly values transit and considers it a crucial part for him to have a future in
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Photo: Members of ATU, TRU and allied groups rally for a new contract. After nearly two years of negotiations, SMART bus drivers of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1564 have ratified a new contract that significantly increases pay, an important step towards addressing the SMART system’s driver shortage and the resulting epidemic of no-show buses. TRU
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