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To Destabilize Detroit’s Fragile Renaissance, Go Ahead and Widen I-94
A recent report by U.S. PIRG and the Frontier Group, “Highway Boondoggles: Wasted Money and America’s Transportation Future,” examines 11 of the most wasteful, least justifiable road projects underway in America right now. Here’s the latest installment in our series profiling the various bad decisions that funnel so much money to infrastructure that does no good.
September 30, 2014
Connecting Detroit Neighborhoods With Better Streets and Public Spaces
Can safer streets and livelier public spaces help knit Detroit back together?
July 16, 2014
Parking Madness Elite Eight: Rochester vs. Detroit
The last spot in the 2014 Parking Madness Final Four is at stake today, as Rochester faces off against Detroit.
April 3, 2014
Parking Madness: Detroit vs. Atlanta
Yesterday, Chicago's United Center parking lots bested Denver's Court Place parking crater in the first match-up of Parking Madness 2014. Today, two heavyweights are facing off: It's the motor city versus sprawl city in a bare-knuckle brawl of car infrastructure run amok.
March 20, 2014
The U.S. Cities Where Cycling Is Growing the Fastest
This table, showing the top 10 U.S. cities where cycling is growing fastest, comes from a new report from the League of American Bicyclists that analyzes census data. Though the census only tracks bicycle commuting -- and thus understates how many people are cycling -- the results tell an interesting story about cycling trends.
November 19, 2013