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Celebrate National Train Day

Train…Relax…Enjoy…Repeat…Greetings from the Greenest of the Green powered tourism and travel choices, passenger rail! Join with Amtrak and its state-wide partners, motor coach and transit systems, for better passenger rail service connectivity with true mobility options. Enjoy Michigan’s Bluewater, Pere Marquette, and Wolverine passenger rail service to “Ride the Train Michigan.” When: Saturday, May 10th, […]

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Celebrate National Train Day

Train…Relax…Enjoy…Repeat…Greetings from the Greenest of the Green powered tourism and travel choices, passenger rail! Join with Amtrak and its state-wide partners, motor coach and transit systems, for better passenger rail service connectivity with true mobility options. Enjoy Michigan’s Bluewater, Pere Marquette, and Wolverine passenger rail service to “Ride the Train Michigan.” When: Saturday, May 10th,

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State Leg Considers New Transportation Funding, but Leaves Transit Out Again!

Michigan roads need serious work.
Michigan buses need serious work too.
So do our train lines and bike paths.

So why does the big transportation funding package only fund one part of Michigan’s transportation system?!?

Tell Michigan legislators to fund the full transportation system, not just part of it.

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Urge County Leaders to Keep SMART Rolling!

SMART provides essential transit service to 35,000 people every day. Yet their millage rate hasn’t increased in nearly 12 years, resulting in minimal service and ancient buses.

County leaders are deciding now whether to ask voters to support a SMART millage of 1.0 mils on the August ballot. Tell them how important local bus service is – ACT NOW to KEEP SMART ROLLING!

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Detroit Inner Circle Greenway

TRU is pleased to support the application filed in April 2014 by the City of Detroit for a TIGER FY2014 grant to construct the Inner Circle Greenway, a non-motorized trail project in and along the cities of Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park and Dearborn. This project would link many diverse neighborhoods and expand the Link Detroit Project,

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