For decades, the Michigan legislature was opposed to or apathetic about public transit. Advocates would come up to Lansing to fight against legislative proposals to gut transit funding. Oh how things have changed! First Meeting of the Legislative Transit Caucus In part from a recommendation from TRU, State Representatives Jason Morgan and Mike McFall have […]
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Over the past two years, the City of Detroit has analyzed the transit service and needs and gathered a lot of feedback from bus riders and other stakeholders. The City recently unveiled their final draft of DDOT Reimagined! Read below for a few of the highlights, and visit the DDOT website to review the full
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As transit needs and opportunities grow, TRU invites more people to get involved with Team Transit as a member, intern, partner, or volunteer!! There are lots of ways to get involved, with more information about each below: Join TRU as a member! Fighting for more and better transit is not possible without financial contributions from
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The transit community kicked off 2024 strong at TRU’s annual State of Transit event on Tuesday, January 30. More than 100 people came out in person, plus another 75 virtually, to talk with and hear 14 fabulous speakers each discuss the State of Transit in the Detroit region. Special thanks to Wayne State’s Office of
Powerful energy at State of Transit 2024! Read More »
Because of the broad benefits improved transit would provide to so many aspects of our society, there are dozens, possibly hundreds of organizations, businesses, and institutions that support transit. Yet these supporters have rarely been brought together to advance transit improvements. Tackling many other other priorities, many groups lack the capacity to track everything happening
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