Oakland County Approves Universal SMART Millage For Fall Ballot
It’s official: Oakland County will have an opportunity to vote on transit investment in the fall! Such was the determination
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Recharging the Aquifer Underneath Detroit’s Transit Desert
Martha Connell looks at some hard questions about the future of Detroit’s transit.
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Study: Detroit CBO Is Not Quite There Yet
An 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.
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What If We Can’t Wait? Public-Private Partnership Solutions for Infrastructure
The 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?
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MPSC December Meeting: Neighborhood-Level Equity and Energy
Dr. Tony G. Reames of the University of Michigan, Briana Parker of Elevate Energy, and others presented at an MPSC meeting on some approaches to the question of equity in energy efficiency for low-income communities and communities of color.
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