Transit
Mapping urban sprawl in Detroit and the surrounding suburbs
It turns out, you can drill down and actually quantify one aspect of sprawl, thanks to the Street Network Disconnectedness…
The sidewalk ends far too often in Detroit
Downtown Detroit might be increasingly walkable, but there are large swaths of the city that don’t qualify as “walkable,†which…
FAST transit result in speedy improvements
Metro Detroit is actually doing something right when it comes to transit, and riders are getting on board Transit has…
The courtroom battle between protesters and the QLINE that no one’s talking about
Last week, after leaving 36th District Court, the activists were triumphant: real estate magnate Dan Gilbert hadn’t been the one…
We answer your 5,000 questions about no-fault insurance in Detroit
There’s no question that car insurance is way, way, WAY too high for drivers in Metro Detroit. But there’s plenty…
Detroit’s street grid is a lot stranger than it seems
It's definitely not as simple as counting the mile roads.
What the wildest train station renovations in America could mean for Detroit
Yes, the entire world knows that Ford bought the abandoned Michigan Central Station. But what on earth will they do…
Do we want to be the Motor City, or the Mobility City?
Can Detroit become a mobility city without some sort of regional transit agency to guide it?
What the Bus?!
Last edition, Detour dove into the details of the proposed Detroit regional transit plan and the Regional Transit Authority’s urgent maneuvering to…