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Faces of Transit: Why people support transit

/ Faces of Transit, Transit Matters

Sometimes people have assumptions about who rides transit and who transit supporters are. But we know the huge diversity of people who care about transit and that there are many many reasons why they support.

Here are a few Faces of Transit riders and supporters sharing their reasons!

Here’s a small sampling of who supports transit – people from all over – and why it’s important from them.

Why does transit matter to you? Share your own reason!

Join our Faces of Transit gallery! Share why transit matters to you:

  1. Download this sign (either page) and print it
  2. Write your reason for supporting transit, along with your first name and city
  3. Take a picture of your self with your sign
  4. And share it!
    1. Post in on your social media channels, tagging @DetroitTransit and/or
    2. Email it to info@DetroitTransit.org so we can share it!

Here are a lot more people and reasons:

Daniel was among the first to speak out in TRUs #TransitMatters campaign in 2015
Marcia Yakes fought for reliable affordable bus service for decades, before passing away in September 2015.
Dozens of diverse people shared their reasons in past years of why transit matters to them. You can too!