Check out this great little video from our friends west of the lake at One Wisconsin NOW: The time is now for High Speed Rail to come to Wisconsin and bring us into a new era of economic prosperity. High speed rail will bring thousands of much needed skilled jobs to Wisconsin as well as […]

From our friends at For the second time in a month, President Obama has put the national spotlight on transportation.  In a speech Monday that made national headlines, the President released a report from his key economic advisers making a strong case for transportation: Now is the time to make a transformational investment that will

According to the Washington Post, Failing U.S. transportation system will imperil prosperity, report finds: The United States is saddled with a rapidly decaying and woefully underfunded transportation system that . . . will lead to "a steady erosion of the social and economic foundations for American prosperity in the long run." That is a central

A professor at our very own University of Detroit Mercy has found even more proof of the enormous economic benefits of transit: Transit spending increases income in a region because it provides transportation alternatives to poorer workers, it promotes development, and white collar workers do not waste time a in car but can get work

TRU is pleased to have joined our partners at Transportation for America, Smart Growth America, and the nation’s leading civil rights, community development, racial justice, economic justice, faith-based, health, housing, labor, environmental justice, tribal, and transportation organizations in supporting the Equity Caucus at Transportation for America. Transportation is a crucial part of the path to