Category: Regional Transit
Placemaking: The Path to Increasing Quality of Life, Talent Attraction in Michigan
Jul 21, 2022
Future of Work host Will Glover examines whether Southeast Michigan has the infrastructure, amenities and investments to attract and retain the future of workforce talent, the barriers against placemaking efforts, how the future of work intersects with residents’ quality of life, and the need for strategic city planning and public transit in Michigan with a panel if expert guests.
Read More1/20/22: One Detroit – Detroit’s Diverse History
Jan 20, 2022
This week, One Detroit examines the diverse history of Michigan’s largest city, Detroit. Learn more about the storied history of the city’s boxing scene, and what makes Detroit boxers knockouts in the ring. Then, One Detroit’s Bill Kubota visits the historic Birwood Wall, a Detroit wall with a racist past, and explores how it offers hope and healing today. Plus, a look into Detroit’s highways and the damage they’ve caused to Black communities over the years.
Read MoreState of the Region Report
Dec 9, 2019
Christy gives viewers highlights of the Detroit Regional Chamber’s just released State of the Region report.
Read More7/21/19: American Black Journal – Detroit Design 139 / ARISE Detroit! Neighborhoods Day
Jul 18, 2019
On the next American Black Journal, Detroit Design 139 is a partnership that aims to create and advocate for the design of a future Detroit that’s inclusive of all residents.
Read MoreInfrastructure Innovation Tour with the Michigan University Research Corridor
Jul 3, 2019
Michigan’s University Research Corridor (URC) embarked on a six-stop Infrastructure Innovation Tour over nine months in 2018 and 2019 for the purpose of generating conversations about infrastructure needs, promote innovation, and foster future collaboration.
Read MoreBehind the Interview | Christy McDonald & MDOT’s Paul Ajegba
May 23, 2019
When I met up with MDOT director Paul Ajegba in his Lansing office last week for an interview, the first thing he asked was “How was your drive?” “You mean the traffic? Or the condition of the roads?” I countered. He laughed.
Read More3/14/19: Wayne County 2019 State of the County Address
Mar 12, 2019
Wayne County Commissioner Warren C. Evans delivers the 2019 State of the County Address. Thursday, March 14th from 5:00 – 10:00pm EDT. Click on the link below to get updated notification on the Livestream.
Read More3/7/19: One Detroit – Training Center & Tuxedo Project / State of the City / Governor’s Budget
Mar 7, 2019
Governor Gretchen Whitmer presents her state budget and the One Detroit team analyzes her proposed method of obtaining the necessary funding for fixing Michigan’s roads — through an increase in the gasoline tax.
Read More2/28/19: One Detroit – Governor Whitmer / Detroit Civility Project
Feb 28, 2019
Governor Gretchen Whitmer sits down with Christy at the Detroit Policy Conference for a wide-ranging interview on her next policy moves and her plans and priorities for the state. Stephen and Nolan talk about their Detroit Civility Project with the Chamber and how it matches up individuals from different backgrounds with the goal of making Detroit a laboratory for civility.
Read MoreAlexa at the Auto Show
Jan 25, 2019
Digital integration of devices like Alexa into our cars seems like an inevitability. But what will that integration look like? One Detroit’s Will Glover headed to the P3 exhibit at the auto show’s Automobili-D space to find out.
Read More1/17/19: One Detroit – Auto Show Changes / Mobility & Technology / Rivian / Future of Auto Industry
Jan 17, 2019
Nolan talks with Doug North, President of the Detroit Auto Dealers Association and Chairman of the 2020 Auto Show, about changes coming to the show next year and the impact of moving it to June from January.
Read MoreWhere do candidates stand on regional transit?
Jul 26, 2018
The efforts to put regional transit on the ballot in November may be stalled, but the issue remains an important one for residents in the Metro Detroit area. Detroit Journalism Cooperative asked 6 of the gubernatorial candidates about their plans for regional transit.
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News From Around Detroit
- Art behind bars: U-M program is changing lives of Michigan inmatesby Bryce Huffman (Bryce Huffman, Author at BridgeDetroit)
Artwork from current and former inmates is on display through Sunday in the Free Your Mind: Art and Incarceration in Michigan exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
- With a new director coming soon, what’s the state of DDOT?by Bryce Huffman (Bryce Huffman, Author at BridgeDetroit)
Detroit Department of Transportation leader Mikel Oglesby is leaving at the close of October, prompting some advocates and union officials to worry about DDOT’s future. Oglesby and city leaders say plans will stay on track.
- Metro Detroit students start new school year with familiar challenges, fresh solutionsby Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, Orlando Bailey, Ethan Bakuli, Chalkbeat Detroit, Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press and Micah Walker (Orlando Bailey, Author at BridgeDetroit)
The 2023-24 year marks the fourth full school year since the pandemic started, and offers the state’s public schools an opportunity to recalibrate academic recovery programs, tackle mental health issues, and address longstanding problems.
- New school year and new challenges on the first day of school in metro Detroitby Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, Ethan Bakuli, Chalkbeat Detroit, Orlando Bailey and Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press (Orlando Bailey, Author at BridgeDetroit)
As the new school year begins in Detroit Public Schools Community District and others across Michigan, students face familiar challenges — with the promise of fresh solutions.
- Eastside Community Network regroups after center rammed by pickup truckby Olivia Lewis (Olivia Lewis, Author at BridgeDetroit)
Benjamin Noah Weinstein, a 42-year-old white Detroiter, is charged with six felonies in connection with the Aug. 19 incident that damaged the longtime community center with a predominately Black membership
National Headlines
- How India's rover findings of sulfur in lunar soil could pave the way for future moon bases
India's Chandrayaan-3 rover has found sulfur on the moon's surface at higher concentrations than previously seen. Sulfur in soils near the moon's poles might help astronauts live off the land one day.
- News Wrap: Tropical Storm Ophelia drenches communities along Atlantic Coast
In our news wrap Saturday, Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall in North Carolina, the family of a Black high school student suspended for his hairstyle is suing Texas Gov. Abbott and Attorney General Paxton, car dealers may soon feel ripple effects of the auto workers strike, and Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas met with the president of Honduras in Texas to discuss migration.
- College hopefuls face changing admissions landscape after Supreme Court ruling
This fall is the first college application season in which schools are prohibited from considering race and ethnicity when making admissions decisions, after June's landmark Supreme Court ruling. Sandy Baum, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute's Center on Education Data and Policy, joins John Yang to discuss how this affects college-bound students and their families.