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...
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...
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...
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...
The Detroit region already squandered the latest, best opportunity to invest in our region and sharpen our economic competitiveness, thanks to the intransigence of Oakland and Macomb Counties in stonewalling the latest Regional Transit Authority...
On today’s show, we dive into yesterday’s late-breaking news about Detroit City Council’s vote to establish the new Cass-Henry Historic District in the shadow of Little Caesars Arena. The district includes two buildings owned by the Ilitch family...
Now, when you buy a Detroit bus pass, you’ll get a free 30-day MoGo bike share pass. That’s part of a new deal between the city’s department of transportation and the bike share system that is good for weekly, bi-weekly or monthly DDOT bus...
This is your Daily Detroit News Byte recorded on June 26, 2018. – Detroit is becoming the first urban core in America with independent, self-driving commercial vehicles on public streets – A Country Fresh dairy plant in the Detroit...
The Detroit Department of Transportation will have a series of public meetings to share details and gather feedback about changes it plans to make to DDOT bus service starting in September. That is when DDOT says it plans to start rolling out...
This is your show for June 25, 2018: – The Detroit Department of Transportation plans a series of public meetings to share details and gather feedback about changes it plans to make to DDOT bus service starting in September. That’s when DDOT...
Royal Oak, a city of nearly 60,000 people, is continuing to move forward with plans for its own bus system. Dubbed “ROGO,” the system would be contracted with the suburban SMART bus system. It would entail 14 dedicated buses for the nearly 12 square...
For the Daily Detroit News Byte Podcast, I sat down with Oakland County Treasurer Andy Meisner. We talked about the suburban case for regional transit, anxiety that some suburban leaders have of Detroit’s comeback, and attracting and keeping young...
What do big name companies look for when it comes to locating in Detroit? Last week at the Mackinac Policy Conference Jeremiah sat down with Kevin Bopp, the Vice President of Parking and Mobility for Bedrock. You might already know this, but parking...
Regional transit is one of the big issues overshadowing this year’s Mackinac Policy Conference, with a panel discussion slated for Thursday and the issue atop the wish list of many business and civic leaders in attendance. Wayne County Executive...
Here’s your News Byte Podcast for May 23, 2018. The plan for a four-county regional Transit Authority in southeastern Michigan is practically dead with Oakland County Exec L. Brooks Patterson and his counterpart in Macomb, Mark Hackel, pulling...
