This morning, Rep. Dave Agema offered a budget recommendation to the House Appropriations Subcommittee he chairs that would cut $20 million from bus operation funds. He wants to give $10 million of that to state highways and $10 million to local roads.   This would be devastating to public transit agencies in metro Detroit and […]

Gas price woes? House and Senate Approps Subcommittees on Transportation tell Michiganders: “Tough luck” The House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Transportation this morning refused to provide Michiganders with more solutions to combat high gas prices by going against the governor’s funding recommendation for fiscal year 2012 and reducing public transportation funding by 8 to10

According to our friends at the Midwest High Speed Rail Association: In the deal worked out between the White House and House and Senate leaders late Friday night, high speed rail funding was slashed. The High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail program was cut to $1 billion, a $1.5 billion reduction from the 2010 level. The

A pocket change transit tutorial from TRU Director Megan Owens: I am often asked what’s so different between metro Detroit and other regions when it comes to transit and I’ve finally figured out a clear way to explain it.   Two quarters.  Most major metro areas spend 50-cents per person per day to fund their

If you live in west Michigan or know people who do, make sure they know about the important transit millages coming up on May 3! Voters in Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids, Wyoming, Kentwood, Grandville and Walker will be asked to support a 0.35 mill increase to the current five-year 1.12 mill tax levy. If