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Are YOU the Right Leader for TRU’s Board of Directors? Deadline extended to Jan 3.

Applications are now being accepted! TRU believes everyone should be able to get where they need to go, regardless of whether they drive. That mission was decided by TRU’s Board of Directors, which sets our policy and goals and ensures we have the resources to succeed in transforming Detroit area transit. We are seeking leaders […]

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Myth-busting 3-County Transit

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Last month, leaders from Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties came together to affirm their commitment to improving and expanding transit throughout their communities. They committed to work together to get a coordinated regional transit funding measure on the November 2020 ballot. Despite a great deal of excitement around this news, many questions quickly arose. Here’s

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Reframing our Mission

For most of TRU’s 20 year history, our mission statement remained the same.
After several months of consideration and consultation, TRU’s Board of Directors adopted this new mission statement:

TRU believes everyone should be able to get where they need to go. We educate, mobilize, and advocate for more and better public transit and other affordable mobility options throughout metro Detroit.

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Regional Transit to proceed without Macomb County

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For far too long, a handful of politicians have blocked our region’s progress on regional transit investment. This is in part because the legislation that created the RTA requires affirmative votes from every county to place a funding measure on the ballot. And it’s tough to get this region to agree on anything! Today, transit

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Prescribing Transit: A Pharmacist Takes the Bus

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Public transportation is not just for established residents in a particular community; it can also be used by new residents as they integrate into the neighborhood. Moving to a new city can be a headache, and having good public transportation eases those transitions for many, including pharmacist Michael Hilden. Although he currently lives in Grand

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