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Don’t Miss The State of the Region’s Transit 2018!

Join us Wednesday evening January 31 for 
The State of the Region’s Transit: TRU 2018 Annual Meeting and Awards Reception

Top leaders from the area’s transit agencies will provide updates on their progress in 2017 and plans for 2018, then will take your questions. The event will also feature presentation of Regional Transit Awards and election of TRU’s Board of Directors (by TRU members). 

It will be at TechTown Detroit just off Woodward in midtown from 6:00pm until 8:00pm.

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Renewed Hope for Regional Transit?

Ever since the narrow defeat of the Regional Transit ballot measure in November 2016, people have been asking: “What’s next?” For 13 months, the silence has been deafening. The silence from the Regional Transit Authority and the Counties’ leaders has been deafening. The resignation of first one RTA CEO then 8 months later the Interim

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The end of the RTA as we know it?

Who’s in charge of regional transit? It’s supposed to be the Regional Transit Authority (RTA) which was created by state law to explicitly coordinate and improve public transit throughout the four counties of southeast Michigan. Yet on Thursday, November 16, the Regional Transit Authority appears to give up and close up shop. At their Nov

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Join the Thunderclap of support for transit funding!

The White House has proposed severe cuts to public transportation. Join us in telling Congress that cuts to public transportation will hurt American communities, cost jobs, and reduce our quality of life. Congress must also include investment in public transportation as part of any new infrastructure initiative. Our outreach will have a bigger impact if

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Join the Thunderclap of support for transit funding!

The White House has proposed severe cuts to public transportation. Join us in telling Congress that cuts to public transportation will hurt American communities, cost jobs, and reduce our quality of life. Congress must also include investment in public transportation as part of any new infrastructure initiative. Our outreach will have a bigger impact if

Join the Thunderclap of support for transit funding! Read More »