Recharging the Aquifer Underneath Detroit’s Transit Desert
Martha Connell looks at some hard questions about the future of Detroit’s transit.
Read moreMartha Connell looks at some hard questions about the future of Detroit’s transit.
Read moreEconomic development is good, right? Well, perhaps not so much if it involves infuriating local residents with noise or point source air or thermal pollution.
Read moreAmazon is committed to a money-losing strategy to try and cop rural market share. But it’s not exactly a great deal for consumers, either. Looking at some examples from Maine and an example from California, we can learn a bit about the challenges facing retail in rural communities as well as how Amazon is (maybe) thinking about this issue.
Read moreAt the Grand Prix, presented by [Car Company] on Belle Isle, we enjoyed pulled pork nachos, sunshine, and a haze of particulate emissions.
Read moreAn academic paper looks at the Detroit Community Benefits Ordinance, or CBO. Conclusions? It’s had mixed success. We can get beyond this if we stop thinking about public policy in the simplistic terms of “pro” or “anti” development.
Read moreThe RTA is planning on returning in 2022– again- to revisit a ballot measure to fund regional infrastructure investment in Southeast Michigan. Can we wait for 2022? Should we explore alternatives in the meantime?
Read moreThe owners of the Ambassador Bridge, their trucking empire, and a plethora of shell corporations own many acres of prime real estate close to Detroit’s downtown. Why have they avoided regulatory scrutiny?
Read moreExperience all three dimensions of Yum Village– and then get you some jerk chicken.
Read moreDetroit’s Proposition N, on the ballot next week, is a terrible idea for a few reasons, and Handbuilt recommends you vote no.
Read moreThe State Fairgrounds site is centrally located, and it’s huge. Too huge to make some monumentally bad decisions about permanently turning it into a Shelby Township-style strip mall.
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