This year, TRU is hosting a series of Transit Tuesday Talks bringing transit leaders, riders, advocates, and allies together to explore important transit issues facing the Detroit region. We’re going to different parts of the region and partnering with a range of different groups to spotlight a wide range of key transit issues. Every event …
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The first wave of SMART bus expansion is coming! Starting Monday, September 11th, SMART will begin serving Bloomfield Hills, Novi, and Wixom. It’s part of a bigger plan to extend bus service into new communities before the end of 2023, enabled by Oakland County voters choosing to go “all-in” back in November 2022. Soon, bus …
Today, TRU released a new report spotlighting the ongoing crisis of sparce and no-show buses that is devastating bus riders throughout the region. SMART and DDOT are both running 20-30% less service than pre-pandemic and riders still suffer through regular no-show buses, causing them to miss classes, waste money, and even lose jobs. All because …
Crain’s Detroit Business recently published an op-ed written by TRU Director Megan Owens about the Governor’s new Growing Michigan Together Council: While we encourage everyone to pay to support local journalism, if you’re unable to access it behind the paywall, here’s the op-ed content: Opinion: 2 decades of evidence gives governor answer to growing Michigan’s …
Wednesday night, June 28, the Michigan House and Senate passed the 2023-24 state budget bills including a much-needed $110 million funding boost for public transit! New State Funding For Public Transit After decades of disinvestment, we’ve been fighting hard for a funding boost, especially for local bus operating (LBO) funds – and succeeded in winning …
