By Aarne Frobom/MDOT Two generations of Michigan travelers have grown up without riding — and maybe without even seeing – a rail transit vehicle. Passenger trains and trolley cars passed out of use in most places 40 to 60 years ago. Now these vehicles are being talked about again, but with names like high-speed rail […]
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Posted inMichigan Government
Streetcars for Detroit’s Woodward Ave. are just two years away, advocate says
Streetcars disappeared from Detroit decades ago, but a group of prominent business and philanthropic leaders are trying to build a modern version of the once-popular transit system. Auto racing legend Roger Penske, Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert, the Kresge Foundation and others have raised nearly $100 million for a proposed streetcar system running along Woodward […]
Posted inQuality of Life
In Detroit, wheels on the bus go round and …
At a time when many of his peers are finishing college to find a still-depressed job market, Andy Didorosi isn’t waiting for anyone to offer him a slot. At 25, the college dropout describes himself as a “social entrepreneur” and is currently at work on his latest start-up — the Detroit Bus Company, founded with […]