Despite being several days late, the Michigan Legislature finally passed a budget for Fiscal Year 2026, which started Oct 1 of 2025. Our 9 months of advocacy and activism paid off!! The new MI budget includes nearly $160 million more for public transit – including both bus operating and transformational projects! As we had long […]
Advocacy Works! $160 million more for transit in MI budget! Read More »
Update: 9/26 The state government has reached a budget deal. And out of $1.5 billion in new transportation funding, only 3% of that will go to transit. This is a tiny amount that will only avert a short-term crisis, and won’t allow for any growth in our transit systems. Michigan law currently allows up to
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Before TRU Campaigns Manager Joel Batterman came on staff, he helped found a national network of transit rider organizations, Transit Riders of the United States Together – TRUST for short. Back in 2023, TRUST hosted a panel of advocates from several different states discussing how to win more state funding for transit. The New York
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It’s orange barrel season in Michigan, as road crews swing into action on thoroughfares across the state. Most of us would agree with Governor Whitmer that the state needs to “fix the damn roads.” But is the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) making the best use of our limited tax dollars? A significant portion of
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The state of Michigan has long underfunded public transit, but in a recent Detroit News op-ed, State Representative Jason Morgan (D-Ann Arbor) made the case for a new proposal to boost transit funding: House Bill 4210, the Michigan Mobility Investment Act. Under state law, 25% of the revenue from Michigan’s auto-related sales tax is allowed
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