Update: A loss for now Unfortunately, Southland Mall management went through with removing the bus stop, and now riders must walk over half a mile to access the mall. Since Southland Mall is a private business, there isn’t much more we can do, but an individual has filed a civil rights case over a lack […]
Downriver Bus Hub at Risk – Keep the Southland Bus Stop Open! Read More »
Thank you to everyone who could join us last Thursday night to celebrate 25 years of TRU! We want to give a shout out to our amazing volunteers who helped decorate the venue, the staff of Bellagio for doing an amazing job, and to the Ann Arbor Community High Jazz Band for their wonderful live
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For TRU, as for many of us, 2024 was a year of both wins and losses. A challenging aspect of our work is the fact that to advance transit, we need to work on many fronts: local, state and even federal. To do that, we need to keep growing our power as an organization –
TRU 2024 Year in Review Read More »
In the last chaotic hours of the lame duck session in December 2024, the Michigan legislature successfully passed an important bill for public transit. And Governor Whitmer has signed it into law! In Wayne and Oakland Counties, future transit ballot measures will be voted on and funded by the entire county! Once House Bill 6088
Big Win for Transit Expansion: Ending Opt-Outs! Read More »
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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