What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
The city of Detroit has a new strategic transportation plan they unveiled Friday. The plan focuses on improvements to Detroit’s transportation system. It’s not just updates to the bus system, which is getting 50 new bus shelters. The plan looks at projects that would slow down cars in neighborhoods, resurface more than 300 miles of roads, implement smart technology in …
If you could imagine one of metro Detroit's three major counties without bus service... well, it almost happened. Macomb County voters narrowly approved a ballot measure funding SMART - the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation - in August. The margin of victory for the millage renewal, however, was less than 40 votes. So the advocacy group The Macomb …
Here's your Daily Detroit podcast for August 28, 2018. - You can say goodbye to the familiar Green and Yellow stripes on Detroit buses. In a parking lot on Gratiot outside of Mike’s Fresh Market, the city of Detroit today unveiled new buses, new services… and a new brand for the Detroit Department of Transportation. We talk to Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. - The …
This is your Daily Detroit for August 20, 2018. Your Detroit news: - Detroiter Garlin Gilchrist the second has been picked to be the running mate for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer. Sven and Jer discuss. - There has been some confusion around the funeral arrangements for the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, who died last week at the age of 76. So here’s …
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte for August 9, 2018. A bit shorter show today because of vacations. Will she or won’t she? That’s the question facing Detroit city council president Brenda Jones who has the chance to be a U.S. Congressperson for a couple months. Bus service in Macomb County may not be out of the woods yet. The narrow 23 vote victory - out of …
Here’s some good economic news. As a whole, median household incomes in the city of Detroit are rising among the fastest in the nation. According to U.S. Census Data put together and ranked by SmartAsset, median household incomes in the city of Detroit rose from $25,980 in 2015 to $28,099 in 2016. “Since total U.S. …
