A list of upcoming transit events in the Detroit area. To submit an event, email [email protected]. September 2020 –Weds 9/9, 6pm: Detroit People’s Platform Transit Justice Team Power Building Forum. To register, click here. –Weds 9/9, 6:30-8:30 pm: Public Meeting on the State Fairgrounds Development (recurs Thursday 9/17). Zoom link: https://cityofdetroit.zoom.us/j/91431590012?pwd=NWsxSGc0a1JzYy82SHhYc0tJOVpRUT09 –Weds 9/9, 6pm – […]
Just try it out The bus has always been on Paul Jones IIIs’ mind, even when he wasn’t riding Paul grew up on Detroit’s Northwest side, yet the bus was not a part of Paul’s lifestyle growing up. “My dad rode in the 70’s & 80’s…but [growing up] during pre-bankruptcy Detroit, getting on the bus
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TRU Policy & Communications Intern Michael Dean just finished his summer semester with us. Their work focused on how transit policy intersects with rider experiences. They also contributed the ‘Best Practices’ feature in our TRU “Transit During COVID-19” report. TRU thanks MIchael for all their contributions, and wishes them luck in their future advocacy. In
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Watch the full conversation on YouTube On Wednesday August 12th, TRU held its second Virtual Town Hall “Transit, Climate Change, and Our Communities: Why Detroit and the Suburbs Must Embrace Transit”. Hosted in collaboration with the Sierra Club of Michigan, the Town Hall showcased a wide-array of perspectives, from regional advocates to national researchers. Each
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The transportation sector is now the largest source of the pollution causing climate change. That’s NOT due to airplanes and cruise ships – but to people driving cars and trucks everywhere they need to go every day. Autonomous and electric vehicles may help, but not alone – not without providing people attractive affordable alternatives to
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