TRU Announces Ride the Bus Week, September 26-30, 2005
Transportation Riders United (TRU) announces its second annual Ride the Bus Week. During the week of September 26-30, TRU is promoting Greater Detroit’s extensive transit assets by encouraging community leaders in Greater Detroit to ride the bus. Through Ride-the-Bus Week, TRU works to highlight that transit exists today in Greater Detroit and can work for you.
(PRWEB) September 18, 2005 -- Transportation Riders United (TRU) announces
its second annual Ride the Bus Week. During the week of September 26-30, TRU is
promoting Greater Detroit’s extensive transit assets by encouraging community
leaders in Greater Detroit to ride the bus. Through Ride-the-Bus Week, TRU works
to highlight that transit exists today in Greater Detroit and can work for you.
In addition, TRU wants our community leaders to try the bus and see that even in
Greater Detroit there are benefits to using transit.
"Our community
leaders are on the front line for determining the future of our region. They set
an example for everyone in the region," stated Bob Prud’homme, president of
Transportation Riders United.
"Greater Detroit’s transit assets work
every day consistent with the Triple-Bottom-Line philosophy. Transit is good for
the economy, it’s good for the environment; and most importantly, it strengthens
our existing communities," stated Larry Hands, board member of TRU.
"Our
two transit systems, DDOT (Detroit) and SMART (suburban) currently provide
mobility to nearly 50 million riders each year, but still remain under-utilized.
Much of the reason for under-utilization is the lack of promotion by our
planners and leaders, and subsequent lack of awareness by the public. Having our
leaders simply riding the bus shows support for using transit and evidences its
importance to the region," stated Patty Fedewa, the chair of TRU’s rider’s voice
committee and organizer for Ride-the-Bus week.
Over 200 community leaders
in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties are receiving invitations to celebrate
Ride the Bus Week by trying the bus. TRU has already received confirmations from
a number of leaders acknowledging their intention to ride the bus and allowing
their name to be published in a list after the event, along with any comments
they may have regarding their experience.
For information about TRU’s
work, call Larry Hands at Transportation Riders United at (313)963-8872 or Patty
Fedewa at (313)590-2493.
About Transportation Riders United,
Inc:
Transportation Riders United is a non-profit 501(c)(3) member
organization with a mission to improve transportation access and mobility in
Greater Detroit. TRU was founded by a local high school student who felt that
Greater Detroit deserved better transit mobility. TRU is located at 500
Griswold, Suite 1650, Detroit, MI 48226. Our webpage is www.detroittransit.org
and email is e-mail protected from spam bots.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/9/prweb286295.htm