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Privately-funded Woodward light rail in the works, according to Crains

Crain’s Detroit Business headlined an exciting story this morning: "Details are beginning to emerge about a privately funded plan to build a $103 million light-rail commuter loop along 3.4 miles of Woodward Avenue in Detroit from Hart Plaza to Grand Boulevard. . . . Detroit Regional Mass Transit, run by John Hertel, is serving as

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Remember, I-75 closes, new express bus service begins today!

With the closure of I-75 and I-94 starting today due to MDOT’s Ambassador Bridge Gateway Project, there are important bus service changes in southwest Detroit and downriver. The Gateway Express is a new commuter bus service operated by DDOT and SMART, providing an alternative transportation option during I-75’s closure. The new route travels along Michigan’s

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Sprawl, the new slum.

The March Atlantic Monthly includes a very interesting article about the future of American housing:  "The subprime crisis is just the tip of the iceberg. Fundamental changes in American life may turn today’s McMansions into tomorrow’s tenements." "In the Franklin Reserve neighborhood of Elk Grove, California, south of Sacramento, the houses . . .  once

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