TIGER

Apr 8 2014

Detroit Inner Circle Greenway

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TRU is pleased to support the application filed in April 2014 by the City of Detroit for a TIGER FY2014 grant to construct the Inner Circle Greenway, a non-motorized trail project in and along the cities of Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park and Dearborn. This project would link many diverse neighborhoods and expand the Link Detroit Project, …

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Mar 19 2014

RTA Update: Legislature Rejects RTA Funding Request, But Pledges Future Funding

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State leaders found a backdoor way to provide the RTA the funding necessary to hire a new CEO and staff, who should be in place in early summer. The RTA Board is slowly proceeding toward updating the Regional Transit Plan and planning the first three rapid transit lines. The RTA’s progress is not exciting nor quick, but important and moving in the right direction.