By 2015, nearly a half-million of people 65 and older in Metropolitan Detroit will live in communities where public transportation service is either poor or non-existent, a new study shows.  The report, Aging in Place, Stuck without Options, ranks metro areas by the percentage of seniors with poor access to public transportation, now and in […]

TRU Director Megan Owens will be the featured guest for the Detroit Free Press web chat about transit on Tuesday at noon. We’ll talk about the progress and challenges ahead as Michigan tries to move forward with new projects and maintain services amid budget cuts with Megan, former state Rep. Marie Donigan and Sean Mann,

Some interesting reading . . .    Congressman Abraham Lincoln’s speech on the House floor in favor of the federal role in infrastructure spending.  The year: 1848.

Attention TRU members and supporters: TRU is undertaking an in-depth strategic planning process to ensure we have the greatest possible impact on improving public transit in greater Detroit.  Our staff and Board of Directors analyzed our organizational strengths and weaknesses, along with Detroit transit opportunities and challenges.  We developed our Vision Statement, along with the

What are they thinking!?!  Unless they change course soon, City Council’s budget will eliminate the Detroit People Mover! City Council’s budget will gut the little remaining DDOT bus service. And City Council’s budget risks killing the Woodward Light Rail project! To get much needed federal funding to build Woodward Light Rail, the Federal Transit Administration