According to the Detroit Free Press: The board of trustees for the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, better known as SMART, voted unanimously Tuesday to hire Hayes Jones as the new general manager. The 68-year-old Pontiac resident will replace Dan Dirks, who has held the job for the last nine years and who will […]

According to the Detroit News: Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies are protecting the city’s major bus routes, just a day after drivers staged a wildcat strike leaving thousands of Detroiters without transportation. Uniformed county deputies began policing the buses at 4 p.m. Thursday, about four hours after the Detroit City Council narrowly approved a contract with

DDOT busses are not running today.  Bus drivers are refusing to drive until the City Council gets a dedicated security force on the busses. While today’s action is new, this issue is not.  Here’s some important background information:  For over a year and a half, DDOT busses have had no dedicated security force.  The busses are

According to the USA Today article, "Drivers cut back — a 1st in 26 years,": "The average American motorist is driving substantially fewer miles for the first time in 26 years because of high gas prices and demographic shifts, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal highway data. . . . Factors contributing to

We at TRU would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who helped make last night’s event a big success. Over 70 people attended our transit design contest reception, viewing some wonderful designs of potential transit stations and neighborhoods while supporting TRU’s efforts to make our transit vision a reality!  See the top