US DOT Secretary Ray LaHood sent a letter to Roger Penske and the M-1 Rail team today, saying: "I am writing to reiterate my strong support for the M-1 Rail Streetcar Project . . .  "Before we can move forward, however, a number of issues must be resolved, . . . including development of a creditble […]

Starting next week, TRU will have a new Project Manager on our staff – Michael Boettcher.  You may know Michael if you’ve been around Detroit or Dearborn long, especially if you’ve been involved in urban planning, historic preservation, or related efforts. Michael brings more than 16 years of urban planning and transportation experience to TRU. 

As public transit use increases across the country, driving is decreasing.  Americans are driving 6 percent fewer miles today than they were in 2004, after decades of steady increases. The trend is even more pronounced among 16 to 34-year-olds, who are driving 23 percent less miles today and have increased their public transit miles by

LEED Neighborhood Development Friday, June 8, 8am-5pm at Henry Ford Comm College in Dearborn After years of phenomenal success with its LEED rating systems for buildings, the USGBC has rolled out the new LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED ND) Standard. The Detroit Regional Chapter is now ready to start demonstrating the advantages of LEED ND

Our co-founder, Karen Kendrick-Hands, figures that we need to have a million conversations to build support for transit in southeast Michigan.  (While I may feel some days like I’ve done that personally) it’s going to take a lot of outreach by a lot of people to make that happen. We are planning some exciting community