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Transit Must be a Priority in the Legislature’s Final Days of 2024

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Public transit supporters had high hopes that Michigan’s 102nd legislature would achieve great things, given the newly formed Legislative Transit Caucus and pledges from the Democratic trifecta to fight for affordability and equity. Yet beyond a one-time boost in last year’s budget, transit has achieved little lasting benefit. As the number of legislative session days […]

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SMART FAST bus at a shelter with a realtime screen

Support Transit for ALL of Wayne County!

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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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Election Wins for Transit, and Challenges Ahead

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As we’ve been repeating for months, voting is essential and elections have consequences. A huge thank you both to everyone who voted and to those who’ve spent countless hours calling, texting, knocking doors, and otherwise urging people to vote. The November 5, 2024, election certainly had consequences for transit, both large and small, that I’ll

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Wolverine at Ann Arbor with SOAR logo overlayed

What Michigan Could Build: SOAR Reform

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With the Legislature coming back in session for a few short weeks, we’re ready to put wind back in the sails of transit investment! On the agenda is a SOAR-reform package that would invest $2 billion over ten years in transformational transit, rail, and other mobility projects. But it’s a few votes short of passing

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Reps McKinney and Morgan Speaking at SoT

Election Season Challenge: Ask Candidates About Transit!

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With election season fully upon us, it’s important to know where candidates and elected officials stand on the issues that are most important to us. There’s a lot of talk out there, but this election season brings us an opportunity to show that actions are louder than words. TRU has a challenge for anyone who

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