The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) recently released a groundbreaking new study finding that public transportation use saves 1.4 billion gallons of gasoline every year, and can reduce household expenses by $6,200 – more than the average household pays for food in a year. . . . The study, "Public Transportation and Petroleum Savings in […]

The Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) will soon have new fareboxes on their busses.  The fares will not change, but the new fareboxes will: Issue and accept transfers Issue and accept value cards Accept $5 bills Provide audio and digital displays See a demonstration of the farebox and learn more at the DDOT office at

Help Shape Michigan’s Transportation Future! The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is updating its statewide long-range transportation plan to the year 2030, known as MI Transportation Plan. The public has played a very important role in developing a vision for Michigan’s transportation system. The Preferred Vision for an Integrated Transportation System and the 4 transportation

Join us this Sunday (1/14) at the Park Shelton in Detroit’s Cultural Center to discuss transit in a friendly, casual atmosphere. Hors d’oeurvres and drinks will be served. This event is the third in a series of TRU meetings and house parties throughout the region to discuss how regional transit issues intersect with local transit interests

More great transit in the news in the past week: The Detroit Free Press’s Rochelle Riley named Atanas Ilitch one of the Heroes of Detroit’s Renaissance, explaining that he "is the one leading the charge to bring mass transit to southeast Michigan."  It started with the extremely popular Foxtown Tiger Train (see the July 28 blog or Tiger press release), "but he