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

“Last year, we (the US government) spent more than $40 billion on highways… over Amtrak’s entire 40-year history, it has received just under $38 billion." According to Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) in a May 26 congressional hearing on a proposal to sell Amtrak’s northeast corridor

DDOT has announced their most recent round of bus service elimination, which will go into effect June 26.  While less severe than initially proposed, they still decrease hours and substantially increase wait times for many buses.  Nearly every route was hit in some way.  Even worse, the Detroit City Council just passed a budget that

Check out MDOT’s proposed State Rail Plan and tell them what you think! The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is holding a series of public meetings across the state to present the Draft State Rail Plan. The meetings will give you an opportunity to review the draft document, ask questions, and provide input before the