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Residents urge fixes to DDOT, give tips to access 2-1-1 and call for higher turnout during public comment
Summary
Speakers at the committee’s public comment period criticized Detroit Department of Transportation service, provided alternate contact options for United Way 2-1-1, urged outreach to recruit transit riders, and called for greater voter turnout and reduced city indemnity payments.
Public comment at the Internal Operations Standing Committee focused on transit service, access to United Way 2-1-1 and civic participation before the committee resumed formal business.
“DDOT services…the bus system is still lackluster,” a caller the chair identified as Cunningham told the committee, then urged outreach events offering pizza and raffles for 31-day regional passes to attract new riders. Cunningham also described helping a young father who could not reach 2-1-1 from a TextNow app and encouraged residents to keep…
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