Transportation

Coverage of transit solutions, including public transportation, bikes, buses, light rail, commuter trains, and ferries, especially those intended to reduce congestion, improve air quality, and provide efficient movement across a metropolitan area.

Adventures close to home: (Meta)scheming on the open road

It's mid-summer in the city and J. Anton Blatz and Rene Wymer are staying hot by hanging out with the Roosevelt Park Conservancy, Single Barrel Detroit, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. and other DIY movers, shakers and crowdfunders. Go on, we dare you to read this month's amped-up adventures and try to keep up.   

Latest in Transportation
Place blogger tightens focus on Corktown’s Michigan Avenue
Vacation buzz: our favorite links from the past two weeks
GM Ventures continues string of clean-tech investments
Bikes, books and a little music: we like this blog for two-wheeled aficionados
On the Road: Model D Speaker Series recap on Urban Mobility

Getting around the city by cycling is not just fun or exercise. It's a practical transportation option that is gaining traction in the erstwhile Motor City. We had a great discussion about it with a number of experts. Ashley Woods reports from curbside.

WARM Training Center’s BikeWay project seeks artists for cycle-inspired public sculptures
Spin a Movement bike tour with Wheelhouse Detroit
$200 million federal grant to connect Chi-town and the D by light rail
Light rail update: Usage question stalls progress

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