Transportation Riders United (TRU), a nonprofit organization that advocates for public transit in the Detroit region, requested this project from the U-M to help them shape how Michigan addresses climate change by leveraging funding to improve public transit so that Michiganders have a viable option to shift away from single-occupancy driving. TRU wanted this question answered:  What are the impediments that hold back state funding for public transit and undermine Michigan's climate action plan?  The project included reviewing legislative and administrative documents, analyzing financial and performance data, interviewing 16 stakeholders and experts, and conducting in-depth comparative case studies of four peer states. MAP congratulates students (Shanea Condon, Andrew Darvin, Paul Jones III, Catherine Kemp, Camilla Lizundia, Christopher Moon-Miklaucic, Simon Rivers, Sydney Weisman, Arin Yu), faculty Joe Grengs, and teaching assistant Eric Bettis! 

Watch the award program video here.