September 20, 2016
New RefleX provides speedier bus service between Detroit and suburbs
I’ve spent the past couple days riding the new RefleX bus, a limited-stop, express bus service between the suburbs and...
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August 4, 2016
In Detroit, regional transit measure, bike sharing could break the automobile’s monopoly
Two different initiatives focused on advancing alternatives to automobile-dependent travel in Detroit advanced on Thursday, and at least one seems...
July 26, 2016
Suburbs’ objections to RTA public transportation plan akin to sabotage
Editor’s note: This piece originally appeared on Daily Detroit and was co-written by yours truly. This is why we can’t...
June 1, 2016
New RTA video pitches ‘Rapid, Reliable, Regional’ tagline in preview of transit tax pitch
The Regional Transit authority of Southeast Michigan released its long-awaited master plan today regarding its $4.6 billion public transportation plan,...
May 13, 2016
Here’s how the RTA’s plans to improve Detroit regional transit are shaping up
There would still be shortcomings and gaps, but plans to shore up our embarrassingly inadequate public transportation system in metropolitan...
April 19, 2016
There’s one key thing missing from Detroit’s transit plans
Editor’s note: This post has been updated to correct an error — SMART and DDOT drivers are both unionized —...
March 9, 2016
A conversation with ‘Detroit Resurrected’ author Nathan Bomey about the city’s bankruptcy
I don’t know how else to start this post than with this disclosure: Nathan Bomey and I were coworkers at...
December 3, 2015
What’s going on with Detroit bike trail projects? Todd Scott brings us up to speed.
Bike culture is flourishing in Detroit, with plenty of exciting projects to point to as evidence. The city recently installed...
June 23, 2015
Bikes, trains and buses: A week of positive transit-related news for Detroit
Could the Motor City, long defined by its increasingly pothole-ridden road network and an unreliable bus system, be ready to...
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