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Deb presenting to a room of transit agency and healthcare officials

MI Public Health in Motion: Health & Transit Forum

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Michigan Health and Hospital Association (MHA) Henry Ford Health (HFH) and Michigan Public Transit Association (MPTA) teamed up with Transportation Riders United (TRU) to bring the healthcare and public transit sectors together to discuss the issues facing each sector at a forum on March 19th, 2026. This event helped healthcare sector representatives understand why transportation […]

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High gas prices at a Detroit gas station during 2026

High Gas Prices, Fewer Options: Michigan Transit Service Cuts Possible Under State Budget

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May 14, 2026 – LANSING, MI — Our Move MI coalitionof more than 30 organizations representing riders, workers, seniors, people with disabilities, environmental advocates, and transit providers is calling on state lawmakers to strengthen FY 2027 public transit funding to prevent service cuts across Michigan. The coalition released a joint letter today to members of the Michigan

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Transit Tuesday Talk Recap – Federal Transit Policy

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Every five years, Congress is supposed to pass a bill covering funding, regulations, and anything about how they do just about anything related to transportation. This includes roads, bridges, rail, transit, bike lanes, sidewalks, pipelines, ferries, airports. This is called federal surface transportation reauthorization (aka federal reauthorization), and is supposed to happen in 2026. Reauthorization is an

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Meeting of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation

ACTION: State House Budget Would Reverse Transit Progress

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Michigan’s House Budget Sets Transit Back This week, the Michigan Senate and House both released their proposed budget for 2026. For transit, the Senate budget is nearly identical to the Governor’s budget, which itself is not enough to deliver great transit for our state. But the House budget is a cause for particular concern. The

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US Congress building with cherry blossom tree. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, from the Library of Congress

Transit Tuesday Talk on Federal Transit Policy 4/28!

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Join TRU for a virtual Transit Tuesday Talk on the federal side of transit policy. Every five years, Congress is supposed to pass a bill covering funding, regulations, and anything about how they do just about anything related to transportation. This includes roads, bridges, rail, transit, bike lanes, sidewalks, pipelines, ferries, airports. This is called

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