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Transit

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An improved bus system and light rail are top priorities for many in this region. It seems that, as most of the country's thriving metropolises boast impressive transit, everyone agrees that the time has come to get Detroit moving.

Transit Features

Now voyagers: Grand Rapids urban explorers revisit Detroit

Rapid Growth and a bus full of local doers and makers rolled out of Grand Rapids on their second cross-state trip to Detroit on earlier this month. Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen once again discovered cross-cultural city joy using the powers of three.

Green City Diaries: The journey begins now

Our first new series of 2012 is going to be a good one. The Green Garage and Model D combine forces each month to talk about sustainability, one story at a time. Matthew Piper reports from a bike lane near you.   

Publisher's notebook: Unlocking the City

Claire Nelson finds the wisdom in seeking "a common destiny in which we all play different but valuable parts" in Detroit. This is just part of her resolution for 2012. The rest is just as good. Read on and get inspired to shape the future now.  

Mapping Detroit's future: Critical mass transit imagined

Neil Greenberg's Freshwater Railway project, a work of fabulous and meticulous imagination, presents high-quality transit "as a living, breathing slice of reality" that changes the question from "why can't we" to "how can we." This is the way forward, we suggest, passion, desire and vision leading the way. 

Gentrification talk in review

It was a tough topic handled from all angles with vigor and "emotional intelligence." Not everyone agreed Detroit is experiencing gentrification but it's a good bet all can agree it's a subject worth the deep dive. Well done, everyone.
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