DDOT is holding another set of public meetings about their Detroit Transit Options for Growth Study, this week. According to DDOT, these "early scoping meetings" will help: Define the options to be elevated during the study; Identify the social, economic and environmental impacts to be evaluated; and Give them your comments and suggestions. Each meeting will begin with […]

TRU Director Megan Owens will be on WDET’s Detroit Today show on Tuesday, July 24 around 11:30am.  She’ll be discussing the role that transit can play in urban revitalization and helping ease Detroit’s racial troubles.  Listen live at 101.9FM or hear it later online. 

Congratulations to Lansing’s Capitol Area Transit Authority – recently named the best transit system of its size in North America, the highest industry honor, by the American Public Transportation Association. CATA was ranked No. 1 in the 4-30 million passenger trips category, over 105 other systems.  APTA gives out the Outstanding Transportation System Achievement Award annually to

TRU Director Megan Owens will be on WDET’s Detroit Today show on Tuesday, July 24 around 11:30am.  She’ll be discussing the role that transit can play in urban revitalization and helping ease Detroit’s racial troubles.  Listen live at 101.9FM or hear it later online. 

Land use and transportation are strongly interconnected.  Just as transit investments can help encourage redevelopment of urban areas, the more big sprawling stripmalls we build over farmland, the more demand for more and bigger highways.  Michigan, like many states, continues to develop farmland, forests and open space at a rapid rate. In fact, despite a