Business owners and other business leaders play a critical role in decisions made by our region’s elected leaders, including on transit.  That’s why it is so important to get the business community involved in advocating for better transit! TRU, in collaboration with the Troy Chamber of Commerce and the Birmingham Bloomfield Chamber, is inviting business […]

A huge thank you to everyone who made TRU’s big Transit Action Conference and Annual Meeting a great success!! With over 100 people participating in a dozen difference workshops, there was a lot of learning and a lot of people excited to get involved in improving transit.  Stay tuned for lots of upcoming events and

A huge thank you to everyone who made TRU’s big Transit Action Conference and Annual Meeting a great success!! With over 100 people participating in a dozen difference workshops, there was a lot of learning and a lot of people excited to get involved in improving transit.  Stay tuned for lots of upcoming events and

An exciting update from SMART: SMART is making progressive strides to provide more convenient, modern, and customer-friendly service for its riders. Launching the first of several technology projects to upgrade its Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), SMART announced that it will be installing new fareboxes in February to replace outdated technology using some of the $20.2

President Obama yesterday announced how the federal government will be investing the $8 billion in high-speed rail stimulus funding.  While California and Florida are getting the largest amounts ($2.3 and $1.2 billion respectively), 31 states will receive some funding. Michigan is receiving $40 million federal funds for three train stations – in Troy/Birmingham, Dearborn, and