January 18, 2018
Why it’s perfectly OK that Detroit lost out on the Amazon HQ2 bid
And in the end, Detroit will not get Amazon’s HQ2. No $5 billion investment, no 50,000 new jobs. We didn’t...
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September 12, 2017
Amazon should be a wake-up call to metro Detroit to think bigger
Editor’s note: This post was co-written by yours truly but originally appeared on Daily Detroit. All the Mayor’s horses and...
July 25, 2017
PODCAST: Diving deep with Downtown Detroit Partnership CEO Eric Larson
Curious about what’s going on in downtown Detroit these days, and what the vision is for the coming years? Then...
May 23, 2017
PHOTOS: Launch of Detroit’s MoGo bike sharing system another step in city’s transformation
MoGo, the new Detroit bike sharing system, launched today, and your intrepid 8-Wood correspondent was invited to attend the event...
May 4, 2017
Photos and thoughts from a preview ride on the QLine
The QLine, Detroit’s new streetcar system, opens to the public on Friday, May 12. The streetcars have been conducting test...
April 3, 2017
Ferndale wants to launch ‘Fab Cab’ trolley service to Detroit Zoo, neighboring cities
Voters may have deflated hopes for more robust public transit when it defeated the Regional Transit Authority proposal last fall,...
January 6, 2017
6 big reasons 2017 won’t totally suck — in Detroit, at least
Despite my many shining, positive attributes (cough!), I generally am not one to tap dance through a shit storm. So...
November 13, 2016
After RTA defeat, piecemeal approach to transit is Detroit’s best hope
I’m finally coming up for bit of air following the bleakness of last week’s election results. In the interest of...
November 7, 2016
M-1 Rail improvements should inspire a ‘yes’ vote on RTA transit proposal
As a region, Detroit has long had a blind spot when it comes to public transportation. We’re the Motor City,...
October 26, 2016
Here’s a wonk’s guide to the Nov. 8 Regional Transit Authority proposal
While I like to consider this blog a fairly early and often endorser of the upcoming vote to boost public...
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