Tour of Ford’s Michigan Central Station Project
Michigan Central Station, the iconic, hulking, centenarian structure that has sat vacant for decades, is perhaps the flagship redevelopment project
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How Losers Still Get Paid: Why Bankruptcy Can’t Rein In Executive Compensation
IF YOU’RE ONE OF THE BILLIONS OF ONLOOKERS OBSERVING THE COLLAPSE OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, you might be wondering: what’s
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Climate Leadership Conference: Decarbonizing Transportation, One Electric SUV At A Time?
One recurring theme at last week’s Climate Leadership Conference was the topic of decarbonizing the transportation sector. Transportation accounts for
Read MoreCompanies Have Spent $16 Billion On Autonomous Vehicles
Handbuilt co-conspirator Tom Van Heeke (GM) shared this with me via a tweet on the subject this morning– that companies
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State of Transit 2020: A Brooksless Mobility Future Rolls Forward
TRU hosted its annual State of Transit event last night at TechTown. A sumptuous feast was catered. County Executives Warren
Read MoreDetroit Policy Conference Touts Collaboration, Cultivating Local Talent, Transit Connectivity
Months before the Davos of the Great Lakes, a.k.a. the Mackinac Policy Conference, draws visitors to the historic island off
Read MoreThe New Mobility Requires A New Workforce
This morning I attended “Driving Our AV Future,” an event produced by the Michigan Mobility Institute (MMI) and the Partnership for
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Autonomous Vehicles And The City Of To-Morrow
Autonomous vehicles are coming. Some time. Until they do, the state has a fancy fake city in which our robot chauffeur overlords can, ahem, practice.
Read MoreBad Ideas And Bad Companies Do Not Need Your Defense
I was out for happy hour the other night with a transportation group. In spite of its legendarily bad public
Read MoreDetroit Climate Action Plan Released
At the North End Christian CDC, outside a hoophouse in Detroit’s North End, Kimberly Hill-Knott recounted the origins of the
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