Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Detroit

Want to Grow Transit Ridership? Improve Bus Service

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 4, 2019 | 14 Comments

The weakest link is often bus service, but improving it holds the key to maintaining ridership.

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 3, 2018 | 27 Comments

Just two families own a huge portion of downtown's Detroit's surprisingly profitable surface parking, a Free Press investigation finds.

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 4, 2018 | 35 Comments

Data from Detroit shows street lights can have a huge impact on pedestrian safety.

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 4, 2018 | 10 Comments

Keith Crain is part of an aging old guard upset at seeing one of its privileges -- speeding through Detroit -- threatened.

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 11, 2018 | 3 Comments

Detroit's new five-year transportation plan is all about making the city better for transit ridership, pedestrians and cyclists.

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 19, 2018 | 10 Comments

Keith Crain, chief executive of Crain Communications, saw some bike lanes and wants you to know that he's very mad.