“I raised my daughter on transit” Patty Fedewa is a long-time champion of public transit, having previously served as President of Transportation Riders United. A Detroit homeowner and transit rider since 2001, she knows firsthand what good transit service can do for a person. It has enabled her to raise a daughter in the City […]
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For more info on the Growing Michigan Together Council, view their website: https://growingmichigan.org/ Governor Whitmer appointed the Growing Michigan Together Council to “advise the governor on specific policies to grow Michigan’s population” and “set Michigan up for success in the 21st Century.” The Infrastructure and Places Workgroup is tasked “to propose long-term, sustainable, and equitable
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Dear Secretary Buttigieg: On behalf of Transportation Riders United and thousands of Detroit area transit riders and supporters, I am writing to express our enthusiastic support for the Advancing Corridors for Transit (ACT) project, a co-application from the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan (RTA), Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), and the Southeast Michigan Council
The first wave of SMART bus expansion is coming! Starting Monday, September 11th, SMART will begin serving Bloomfield Hills, Novi, and Wixom. It’s part of a bigger plan to extend bus service into new communities before the end of 2023, enabled by Oakland County voters choosing to go “all-in” back in November 2022. Soon, bus
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Today, TRU released a new report spotlighting the ongoing crisis of sparce and no-show buses that is devastating bus riders throughout the region. SMART and DDOT are both running 20-30% less service than pre-pandemic and riders still suffer through regular no-show buses, causing them to miss classes, waste money, and even lose jobs. All because
