Remember – this Monday, March 3, Congresswoman Carolyn C. Kilpatrick will host a summit on Mass Transit in greater Detroit that you won’t want to miss. Moderated by Chuck Stokes, host of “Spotlight on the News”, it will feature experts who have operated systems in Charlotte, Denver and Houston and discussion of hot transit topics […]

The Michigan Suburbs Alliance presents the 2008 Regional Redevelopment Summit – a convening of the region’s development innovators. On Friday, March 7 from 8am to 3:15pm at the MGM Grand Detroit. Join Southeast Michigan’s leading voices on urban redevelopment for the one-day Regional Redevelopment Summit! Now in its fourth year, the Summit is a key

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