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At a Special Board Meeting on Thursday morning July 14, the SMART Board of Directors accepted the resignation of General Manager Dwight Ferrell after four years of service. Effective August 1, the Board appointed Tiffany Gunter as the new General Manager. TRU applauds this move: Tiffany Gunter is a consummate transit professional who has spent
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Update: An Op-Ed on the proposed zoning reform was published in Bridge Detroit, written in-part by TRU member Amy Hemmeter! The City of Detroit is considering a change to zoning regulations which would allow more housing to be built across much of the city. Restrictions drive up housing costs Historically, much of Detroit contained a
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Over the past year, DDOT has been making strides in boosting the frequency and reliability of Detroit bus service. Unfortunately, that winning streak came to a screeching halt this past month. At DDOT’s recent public hearing on proposed service improvements for September, DDOT Director Robert Cramer explained that those service improvements were “very unlikely” to
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TRU’s staff has grown to double digits for the first time, partly thanks to our Summer Interns! Meet some of the students who’ve been working with TRU for the past few months, hard at work on many different campaigns. Aaron Puno returned this Summer to continue working as TRU’s Policy Intern. A lifelong Ann Arbor
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