Detroit mayoral candidates committed to increasing transit funding and bus driver wages at a voter education forum that lacked two of the highest-polling candidates and exposed the limits of candidates’ knowledge on transportation issues.
The Wednesday forum was hosted by Transportation Riders United (TRU), a nonprofit advocacy organization that works to improve public transit systems in the Detroit region. Several attendees were frustrated with the absence of Council President Mary Sheffield and Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr., saying it was a missed opportunity to outline their stances on important questions.
Audience members also said the forum revealed some of the candidates weren’t prepared for a deep discussion on transit issues…