TRANSPORTATION RIDERS UNITED
To supplement media reports, the personal experience of TRU members, and anecdotes from other bus riders, we conducted analysis of our own. During the week of October 17- 21, 2011, TRU volunteers compared the published schedule for eight major DDOT bus routes with the actual time each bus departed from pre-selected checkpoints including Rosa Parks Transit Center, State Fair Transit Center, Fairlane Center, Northland Center and bus stops located in downtown Detroit. In all, we monitored the actual performance of nearly 4,000 scheduled bus runs.
Posts Tagged ‘Detroit’
Detroit Department of Transportation Bus Timelines Report
Thursday, November 24th, 2011Designing the City of the Future
Thursday, April 28th, 2011The mayor of Detroit is promoting a controversial new plan to “right-size” the city. He may offer cash incentives to residents to leave vacant neighborhoods. The goal is to make the city more efficient in delivering services to its citizens. But Detroit’s “rightsizing” plan is also about imagining a new city — and the imagination isn’t limited to city government. In fact, some of the great new ideas are coming from citizens who aren’t old enough to vote. This story about some of Detroit’s youngest city planners comes from Detroit Public Television.
View this complete post...Michigan DOT: In the Field Reports – “Innovative Bridge Rebuilding Materials”
Monday, March 14th, 2011MDOT’s Matthew Chynoweth shows some of the innovative materials being used to reconstruct the Pembroke Avenue bridge as part of the M-39 (Southfield Freeway) project in Detroit.
View this complete post...Detroit Light Rail in Stop-Motion
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011It’s time for Detroit to reclaim the mantle of transportation innovation. A light rail line running down the middle of Detroit’s Woodward Avenue, “Mainline Option A,” will be faster, safer, and more reliable than the side-running alternative, “Mainline Option B.” Let’s bring the trains down the middle! Tell it to the feds by March 14: take a moment to submit a comment to woodwardlightrail@detroitmi.gov. See TransportMichigan.org for more information.
-TrainsDownTheMiddle on YouTube
Connected Cities
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
“I am convinced that unless one understands the grain of the city at the physical level, the structure of the spaces and buildings, and how to make them seamless and connected – it is very difficult to create cities which are integrated, connected and sustainable for the future.”
-Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age
Tunnels USA Conference: Boston, December 6th-8th
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
Tunnels are safe structures. Every day many tens of thousands use them without incidence. However, tunnel safety cannot be taken for granted.
Tunnel Engineers from throughout the USA will come together to share individual, practical experiences and will join an audience of leading contractors and cutting edge solution providers to identify best practice in the design and operation of tunnels across the country.
View this complete post...Traffic Jams from Sea to Shining Sea
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
DETROIT: A CASE STUDY OF OUR TRANSIT PROBLEMS
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Detroit is a “a grim symbol of America’s diminished status in the world,” according to PBS’ Blueprint America. The former car capital exemplifies our country’s need for more efficient, sustainable and reliable transportation paradigms. PBS will be broadcasting a 90-minute documentary in February that looks at the history of Detroit’s transportation identity, and the state of transportation in America, by setting Detroit’s “blighted urban landscape” against modern examples of success. Watch a preview of BEYOND THE MOTOR CITY below, or visit this PBS.org page to read more…
View this complete post...Wilbur Wright High School, Detroit
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
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