TRU produces a newsletter four times a year with all the latest news and information on Detroit transit issues.  Our summer edition has just been mailed to our members and to key regional leaders.  It includes articles on: Our transit design contest, including a listing and images of the winning designs SMART’s new management Transit […]

Check out a great article entitled "America’s Highways Are Not Self-Financing," posted on the Midwest High Speed Rail Network website.  It explains: "Despite a widespread impression to the contrary, the nation’s highway system does not support itself. There is a large shortfall between highway-user revenues — generated by tolls, fuel taxes, excise levies, and other

On Wednesday, TRU’s Board President, Patty Fedewa, gave birth to a healthy baby girl – Lydia.  Mother and baby are bound to be out and about on the bus and fighting for bus riders soon!

For about two years, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been working on a long-range transportation plan.  They held numerous public meetings and considered numerous drafts.  The final report is out, entitled the MI Transportation Plan: Moving Michigan Forward, the State Long-Range Transportation Plan 2005-2030. We at TRU are concerned that it does not make a sufficient commitment to

Leaders in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County have been doing great work on providing transportation choices focused on sustainability.  The Washtenaw Area Transportation Study (the multi-jurisdictional agency responsible for transportation planning in Washtenaw County) created Sustainable Washtenaw Transportation , focused on: Maximizing alternatives to single-occupant vehicle travel; Consideration of land use strategies in concert with transportation systems;