From the bustling heart of Midtown over a couple Faygo pops, this is your Daily Detroit News Byte for Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Here are your stories for today. Jefferson on the east side is …
PODCAST: Detroit Road Repaving, Abdul El-Sayed’s Mi-Fi Internet Plan & More
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte for Byte for Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Here are your stories: - Three Michigan cities are among the top 10 most violent in America - Homelessness is down for a …
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Detroit’s City Bus System To Partner With Lyft To Get Riders To Late Night Jobs
A pilot program in the city of Detroit might show the way of the future, combining mass transit with on-demand ride sharing services. The program, called “Woodward 2 Work,” will offer a $7 Lyft …
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PODCAST: A Streetcar With Much To Be Desired, Giant Star Wars Photo & More
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte for Tuesday, May 1. Here's what we're talking about today. New data shows struggles for the QLINE (LINK: Bridge Michigan). The team talks about the missed …
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LISTEN: The Grand Prix & Belle Isle w/ Bud Denker, MoGo Biking Classes, No Booze At Taco Bell & More
Here’s your Daily Detroit News Byte For Tuesday, April 24th, 2018. 13 Truckers do a good deed on a metro Detroit area freeway Royal Oak denies a boozy Taco Bell Cantina Homes in our region …
PODCAST – Detroit: Become Human, The Largest Robotics Competition In The World Comes To Detroit, Daffodils & More
Here’s your Daily Detroit News Byte For Monday, April 23, 2018 recorded in beautiful Grand Circus Park. A video game set in Detroit, "Detroit: Become Human" is about to launch. A playable demo …
Detroit Earthquake, Chief Craig Car Cruise, Nathan Bomey’s New Book “After The Fact” & More
An earthquake hits Detroit and we have the details... Our feature conversation is with author and journalist Nathan Bomey who has a book coming out, "After The Fact: The Erosion of Truth and …
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PODCAST: Affordable Home Prices, Pizza News, A Marvel Mortgage Cameo, Forgotten Harvest CEO Kirk Mayes & More
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte podcast for Monday, April 2. Here are our stories: Wayne County is among the most affordable places in the nation to buy a home. Detroit Bus Service …
News Byte: Macomb County Clerk Is Out, Gov Talks Transit & Roads, Belle Isle Boat Launch? And More
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte Podcast for Tuesday, March 27th, 2018. Macomb County's Clerk is out the door, thanks to a judge's ruling Governor Rick Snyder talks transit and roads with …
PODCAST: Michigan State Fairgrounds May Become A Mass Transit Hub & Bring 1000+ Jobs, New Life For The Conner Plant, Happy Birthday Albert Kahn & More
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte For Wednesday, March 21st, 2018. The State Fairgrounds site is to be bought by the city and could become a regional transit hub and job-focused development. …
PODCAST: Will A New Metro Detroit Regional Transit Plan Even Leave The Stop?
On this week's Daily Detroit Happy Hour with Sven Gustafson, we talk mass transit. A new plan called "Connect Southeast Michigan" has been put forth by Wayne County Executive Warren Evans (more …
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News Byte Podcast For 3/15/18: There’s A New Mass Transit Plan, Castalia Cocktail Bar, NCAA Hitting Detroit & More
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte For Thursday, March 15th, 2018. Wayne County Exec Warren Evans has a new plan to improve regional transit March Madness comes to Detroit GM invests in …
$5.4 Billion Regional Mass Transit Plan Pitched By Wayne County Executive Evans, Macomb’s Hackel Says Fund Roads First
Wayne County Executive Warren Evans unveiled a new plan today to improve regional transit. The draft plan is called “Connect Southeast Michigan.” It comes as the region’s leaders struggle to …
LISTEN: How Indianapolis Funded Mass Transit, Stayed Alive In Amazon HQ2 Sweepstakes
If you listened to our recent episode on Amazon’s snub of Detroit (and you totally should), you’ll recall that the inclusion of Indianapolis among the 20 finalists for its HQ2 project was the topic of …
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Detroit’s Bike Sharing Program Is One Of The Most Affordable In The United States
Biking sharing programs have become popular across the country since they started popping up in 2010. Detroit's own bike sharing program, MoGo, has just made it in the top 10 for Most Affordable …
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LISTEN: The State Of Detroit Transit Today With Paul Hillegonds, RTA Chair; Rob Cramer, SMART; Dave Gifford, Advocate
What is the state of Metro Detroit's transit system? Where do we go from here? Will there be a ballot proposal in 2018? What about universal fare cards? What improvements have been made? That was …
Survey In Royal Oak Will Gauge Interest In City-Operated Buses
Royal Oak plans to survey residents and organizations to gauge interest in funding a city-operated transit system to connect residents who aren’t served by SMART buses to downtown and other …
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Royal Oak Is Looking At Starting Their Own City Bus Service. Is This A Good Idea?
There is currently a task force studying whether or not Royal Oak should create it’s own bus system. Yes, you read that right. Royal Oak Mayor Michael Fournier has appointed a seven person task …
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Third Street Over I-94 In Midtown To Be Closed Indefinitely Due To Crumbling Bridge
Third Street, a one-way, multi-lane road through the heart of Detroit's Midtown neighborhood, is going to be shut down over I-94. There's not a definite timeline from the Michigan Department of …
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WATCH: The Motor City Is Getting Rid Of A Freeway
In the heart of the Motor City lies a freeway whose days are numbered. I-375 is a mile-long, sunken freeway serving downtown Detroit. Its construction half a century ago destroyed an historic …
SMART Releases Proposed Downtown Stops For New Regional Corridor Routes
Editor's note: This post has been updated with a new map from SMART as of Nov. 11, 2017. Recently, the suburban bus system (The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation or SMART) …
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Detroit Putting 20 New Buses On The Street, Replacing Older Models
Metro Detroit's public transportation system is anemic when taken as a whole, but the city proper is making improvements. Investment in transportation in Detroit is a priority as the Motor City is 8th …
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REPORTS: Duggan’s Auto Insurance Reform Plan Fails In State House
Auto insurance reform in the city of Detroit and Michigan will have to wait until another day, if it happens at all. According to a report in Crain's, after intense lobbying a bi-partisan plan …
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Inside The Detroit Windsor Tunnel Construction: 8 Facts And Pics
Currently the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel has been closed for construction since October 20. The tunnel will is scheduled to reopen at 5:30 a.m. on Monday, October 30. This morning we had the rare …
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U of M’s Detroit To Ann Arbor Connector Bus Expands Service, Opens To General Public
A bus service that connects Ann Arbor, Detroit and now Dearborn provided by the University of Michigan is expanding their service first started in 2013 to seven days a week, as well as opening it up …
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MoGo Bike Share Tops 100,000 Rides Since Rolling Out
When the new bike share program serving the city of Detroit launched, MoGo, the criticisms were swift and ranged from “they’re all going to get stolen” to “no one is going to care.” But according …
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Pair Of Bicyclist Abduction & Assault Incidents In Detroit Raise Safety Questions
Two abductions of females on bicycles has the community talking and wondering what to do to keep safe on Detroit's streets. Detroit's bicycling community is seeing strong gains, between more …
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QLINE Streetcar, Flatbed Semi-Truck Collide At Woodward And Willis In Midtown
During the lunch rush Thursday one of the QLINE streetcars hit and a semitruck trailer collided. The streetcar was traveling southbound along Woodward when it was struck by the trailer of a …
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Semi-Protected Bike lanes Appear On Pinecrest In Ferndale, Oak Park To Get “Road Diet”
The repaving of Pinecrest, which closed the north-south connector street between Nine Mile Road and Pleasant Ridge for most of the summer, has brought an additional benefit besides smoother pavement: …
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PODCAST: Open Streets Detroit And A MoGo Bike Share Update With Lisa Nuszkowski
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