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.
Transit in Metro Detroit costs low-income people of color disproportionately more in terms of costs, travel time, and access to their jobs or job opportunities. COVID has made it worse, but these are longstanding problems— and proposed responses would require political will to implement them.
Ferndale has earned a reputation as a community that embraces innovative biking and walking infrastructure. But it's certainly not resting on its laurels.
“This hopefully feels like another contribution towards making us an entrepreneur-friendly city,” Andy Didorosi says of the new Detroit Bus Company HQ.
Adventures in city planning. Reinvigorating our downtowns. Innovations in infrastructure. Here are some developments to keep an eye on in 2021.
Detroit ranks among the top five big cities in the country in traffic fatalities, so the city has launched its Streets for People campaign, placing an emphasis on safety as it develops its next transportation plan.
Cleanup efforts are set to begin this month for a stretch of overgrown rail corridor once owned by Conrail and now owned by the city.
Although Uber and Lyft are now ubiquitous, the app-based vehicle-for-hire services were once brand-new companies, vying for the attention of would-be customers. Now a Dearborn-based startup is ready to start competing with the major players of the rideshare market.
The community development corporation, which has brought a total of three parks to the neighborhood, is on a mission to build 20 public spaces by the end of 2025 in the community.
People from across Detroit and the Metro area tuned in to learn more about how transit leaders plan to keep their buses, drivers, and riders safe during the pandemic.
From Greenlawn Avenue to the west to Livernois Avenue to the east, McNichols is set to undergo a transformation, incorporating a host of measures aimed to make the area safer for pedestrians and more appealing for businesses and their customers alike.
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