Check out a great interview with US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on The Daily Show talking about High Speed Rail and more!

According to the Detroit News and other media, the US House and Senate passed a major spending bill, that President Obama is expected to sign, that includes several key provisions for Detroit-area transit: It provides $3.5 million for the Detroit-Airport-Ann Arbor commuter train. It provides $1.3 million for the Troy-Birmingham Transit Center. It supports Woodward

A recent study found that for every dollar invested in organizing and advocacy groups (like TRU!), the groups garnered $138 in benefits for local communities!! Please donate to TRU today!!

For more than a year, TRU has posted links to radio articles and features from Michigan Now.  Now you can get these and much more all in one place – MichiganNow.org!  "MICHIGANNOW.ORG is a one-stop resource for news and information about how Michigan can succeed in the new economy. Beyond being a public radio news

At tonight’s meeting of the Oakland County Commission, a great deal of time and debate focused on SMART transit. Unfortunately Commissioner Schwartz failed in his effort to force a vote on making the SMART millage and service countywide.  The decision went down on purely party lines. The Commission voted instead to maintain the status quo