Help Make Our Communities Safe And Accessible For All Residents! What are community walk audits? Walk audits are an activity where you observe and evaluate the condition of your community based on agreed upon standards. Our community walk audit will focus on sidewalks, bike lanes, bus stops, crosswalks, and more! Get up and get out […]
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Final update 6/27: Disappointing final budget Despite hundreds of individuals and dozens of organizations speaking out for greater transit funding, the final budget failed to increase or even maintain the funding levels provided last year. The final budget included just $246 million for Local Bus Operating, which must then be divided among 77 transit agencies
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After decades of barely even funding maintenance-level investments in public transportation, new legislation just introduced would invest fully $2 billion in transformational transit projects across Michigan over the next decade! The 5-part bill package would allocate $200 million a year for the next ten years for public transit! As sponsor Rep Jason Morgan told the
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Spencer is a native Chicagoan and avid lover of maps. He is familiar with taking different forms of transit in various cities throughout Michigan including Chicago, Ann Arbor and Detroit. He has served as an intern for TRU and is adamant about public transit investment and advocacy. “I’ve been fortunate to experience a well-connected Metra
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Za’Nyia is TRU’s Transportation Outreach Specialist and MI Healthy Climate Corps Member for 2024, as part of the AmeriCorps program. She has been taking public transit for over a decade. Public transit has been integral to her education, personal development and is something she will always advocate for. Part of her work is gathering Transit
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