LAST UPDATED 3/27/20 at 8:30PM. Transportation Riders United is compiling transit service changes on this page. Because service can change rapidly, we will keep updating the page as often as we are able, and will always list the most recent updated date at the top. For the most current information on a service, check the …
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A sliver of good news – the stimulus proposal by the Senate includes $20 billion for transit operations and $1 billion for Amtrak! But things are changing fast and the House is in the midst of crafting their own bill right now. Even in these challenging and rapidly changing times, transportation remains a lifeline for …
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How are transit riders and transit services being impacted by coronavirus? Here’s a Detroit-area summary. Stay home if you can! As the experts say, if you can stay home, stay home! Avoid non-essential travel, whether on the bus or other modes. Since people can carry the coronavirus for several days without any symptoms, that’s the …
Many of us can and must stay and home and shelter-in-place. That’s what TRU staff are doing. Yet we know many people must continue to go places on the bus: Nurses and janitors need to reach hospitals, grocery clerks and pharmacy techs need to get to stores, and anyone without a car still needs food …
The Michigan Speaker of the House decided March 3 NOT to vote on HB 5550. That bill would have allowed Macomb County to opt-out, while allowing the other three counties’ voters to decide whether to invest more in transit.
