Once a year, TRU holds a major event designed to share exciting transit info and raise money for TRU’s ongoing advocacy work.  That event will be this Thursday evening!! Detroit In Transit: TRU’s 2011 Fundraising dinner! You won’t want to miss an intriguing and thought-provoking discussion with Channel 7 WXYZ’s Chuck Stokes on the role […]

Once a year, TRU holds a major event designed to share exciting transit info and raise money for TRU’s ongoing advocacy work.  That event will be this Thursday evening!! Detroit In Transit: TRU’s 2011 Fundraising dinner! You won’t want to miss an intriguing and thought-provoking discussion with Channel 7 WXYZ’s Chuck Stokes on the role

DDOT bus troubles got major media attention this past week According to the Detroit Free Press:  Detroit Mayor Dave Bing’s office blames bus delays on angry mechanics: "For several weeks, public transit users in Detroit have flooded City Hall with complaints about buses running extraordinarily late. On Friday, Mayor Dave Bing’s office accused the city’s

Next month, Governor Rick Snyder will be announcing his top transportation and infrastructure priorities in a major speech to the state legislature.     I met last week with the Governor’s special adviser on regional transit Dennis Schornack, who shared that the Governor is inclined to support regional transit but needs to hear that it is

The American Public Transportation Association recently presented $5,000 grants to nine grassroots coalitions through its Local Transit Coalition Grant Program – and TRU’s Trans4m coalition was among those chosen! Trans4m, a diverse and influential coalition of Michigan public transit supporters, is designed to shift public perception of transportation priorities and persuade policy makers to focus