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Transit advocates press Detroit council for more DDOT funding and better on-time service
Summary
During public comment, multiple Detroit residents and transit advocates urged the City Council to boost funding, improve on-time performance and raise wages to retain Detroit Department of Transportation staff.
Transit advocates and residents used the public-comment period at a Detroit City Council meeting to press elected officials for more funding and operational fixes for the Detroit Department of Transportation.
Rochelle Stewart, identifying herself as with the Detroit People’s Platform Transit Justice Team, said the system’s 70% on-time performance “is not good enough” and urged the council to secure more funding and higher wages to retain drivers and mechanics. “Wages need to increase. We need to keep the people that we have,” Stewart…
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