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Michigan NOW is a Michigan-based radio journalism project exploring our state through the stories of Michigan people in their own words. Michigan NOW focuses on land use throughout Michigan’s cities and towns, in settings rural, urban and in between. Reporter Chris McClarus recently did a series of stories on transit throughout Michigan, including Grand Rapids […]

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

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

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

SEMCOG recently overhauled their website, now providing easier access to their extensive maps, data and other information.  It includes transportation, environmental, demographic and other maps.  Data is available for each community in the seven county region on: People – Population trends, household types, age groups, race, ethnicity, and education levels. Economy and Jobs – Jobs