Current SMART Manager, former RTCC Director, and longtime area politician and statesman John Hertel has been selected as the first CEO of the RTA. While final negotiations have not taken place and a start date has not yet been selected, the Regional Transit Authority board voted at its August meeting to offer the position to […]

Thanks so much to everyone who attended TRU’s Regional Transit Awards dinner. This annual fundraiser was a great time, raising money for TRU and celebrating many wonderful people and projects working to improve transit. Special thanks to our generous sponsors who made this event possible: Crothall Services Group Rossetti SMART Telemus Capital Miller & Tischler

This summer, as with every summer, TRU staff and volunteers are out at fairs, festivals, farmers markets and other great events talking transit.  We’re inviting people to share their opinions on transit improvements and investment with the new RTA (similar to the above petition), along with sharing important transit information with them. This work is

The new Regional Transit Authority for metro Detroit just held its first meeting this April. But the Michigan Legislature is already considering two bills that would hobble the RTA before it even gets started. HB 4637 – the RTA Opt-Out bill – would allow individual cities and counties to quit the RTA. This is the

Detroit needs Good Bus Service NO MATTER WHAT! Mayor Bing and City Council agreed on a budget maintaining DDOT funding at $57 million, which should maintain current service.  But Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr could gut or change DDOT funding at any time. Don’t Cut Bus Funding – Over the past two years, the City has cut