Spencer is a native Chicagoan and avid lover of maps. He is familiar with taking different forms of transit in various cities throughout Michigan including Chicago, Ann Arbor and Detroit. He has served as an intern for TRU and is adamant about public transit investment and advocacy. “I’ve been fortunate to experience a well-connected Metra […]
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Za’Nyia is TRU’s Transportation Outreach Specialist and MI Healthy Climate Corps Member for 2024, as part of the AmeriCorps program. She has been taking public transit for over a decade. Public transit has been integral to her education, personal development and is something she will always advocate for. Part of her work is gathering Transit
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We at TRU believe everyone should be able to get where they need to go, regardless of whether they drive. Yet for decades, a few local politicians have blocked residents of parts of southeast Michigan from event voting whether they want to invest in transit! In 2022, with your support, we succeeded in expanding public
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To maintain Michigan’s current transit, the state’s FY25 budget must invest at least $285 million in Local Bus Operating, which they can achieve if the House, Senate, and Governor:
Adopt the Senate proposal to add $40 million from the general fund AND
Move $20 million from the Governor’s proposed “Transit Innovation Grant” into LBO.
This critical LBO funding is in addition to $252 million for transit capital, $152 million for rail, and $2.9 million for an electric bicycle incentive program.
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For decades, the Michigan legislature was opposed to or apathetic about public transit. Advocates would come up to Lansing to fight against legislative proposals to gut transit funding. Oh how things have changed! First Meeting of the Legislative Transit Caucus In part from a recommendation from TRU, State Representatives Jason Morgan and Mike McFall have
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