Check out this guest blog from TRU Director Megan Owens in metromode about the new RTA, our need for transit improvements, and how to pay for those improvements: “Transit improvement is not optional. It’s not a nice-to-have. It is absolutely essential. Greater Detroit has a great opportunity to dramatically improve our transit system with a […]

As you’ve heard, a new streetcar is coming to downtown and midtown Detroit!  It will be a 3.3-mile, fixed-rail, streetcar system running primarily along the sides of Woodward Avenue, with 11 or 12 stations from Larned Street in downtown to Chandler/ Delaware Street north of Grand Boulevard in New Center. MDOT and the Federal Transit Administration have completed an assessment

To effectively tackle all the exciting and important transit happenings, TRU is hiring!  We will be accepting applications over the next two weeks for two paid positions: Community Engagement Manager We are seeking an organized, outgoing person with substantial experience in community engagement, volunteer management and public speaking to manage our community engagement and DDOT

Transit was brought up three different times, in very different ways. On the first, I have to strongly disagree with the Mayor’s claim of DDOT improvement:   "We have made strides in improving our City bus system. Innovative programs have been implemented in order to provide good customer service. For example, DDOT‘s 415 Plan guarantees the arrival

Transit was brought up three different times, in very different ways. On the first, I have to strongly disagree with the Mayor’s claim of DDOT improvement:   "We have made strides in improving our City bus system. Innovative programs have been implemented in order to provide good customer service. For example, DDOT‘s 415 Plan guarantees the arrival