Many University of Michigan students, staff, and faculty members reside in Detroit. Additionally, many students, staff, and faculty members who live in Ann Arbor, visit (or would like to visit) Detroit regularly.

Currently, the U-M Detroit Center Connector makes multiple round-trips between Ann Arbor and Detroit three days per week. The U-M Detroit Center Connector has been a great success; allowing students, staff, and faculty to live, visit, and hold jobs in Detroit, and faculty to hold classes, meetings, and field trips in Detroit.

The University of Michigan has agreed to fund round-trip service for 3 days per week over the coming year. We propose that the University fund service for the remaining 4 days per week, providing daily round-trip service from 8am to 10pm, Monday through Sunday, to accommodate students and faculty attending and teaching late courses.

This schedule would allow students, staff, and faculty to visit, work, and/or live in Detroit, and allow prospective students to visit Ann Arbor. It would allow faculty to hold class, meetings, and field trips in Detroit, and better connect the Ann Arbor Campus to the U-M Detroit Center.

Benefits:

- The University of Michigan would serve as a model for regional connectivity and shared, multi-passenger transit.

- Collectively reduce carbon footprint.

- Increase access to both Ann Arbor and Detroit.

- Help strengthen the relationship between the cities.

- Save gas money, reduce stress, and allow for study/work time for commuters.

Petition signers: If you regularly make the commute between Ann Arbor and Detroit, please comment on what a daily round-trip bus service would mean for you, and how often you currently make the trip between the two cities.