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Residents and advocates renew call to 'Double DDOT' during public comment
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged Detroit council members to increase transit funding — calling to "double DDOT" to roughly $150 million — and asked for shelters, benches and wage parity for transit workers. No formal council action on transit funding was taken at the meeting.
Transit advocates and residents used the committee’s public-comment period to press Detroit City Council members to increase the local transit budget and improve service, shelter and wages.
Why it matters: Speakers said Detroit is among the lowest-funded large-city transit systems in the country and argued that higher transit investment would improve access to jobs, health care and daily life — especially for low-income residents, seniors and…
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