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Something I think a lot of midwesterners are very deeply attached to, but don't necessarily know how to articulate well, is an awareness of the environment drastically changing on a cyclical basis and the signs which show those changes are occurring. It's very grounding and I know I need that.

I’m taking Amtrak to DC, and this connecting bus to Toledo is flying. Only 47min to the Ohio state line from Detroit.

Regina Hendricks and Mary Golson need new roofs. Daisy Jackson’s bathroom leaks into her living room, and Gail Mitchell has a pipe that sprays water. Older Black residents in Islandview say they can’t afford repairs — as new buyers seem to manage easily. The latest from @brianarice.bsky.social:

@stephenjacobsmith.com Michigan single stair legislation introduced: abundanthousingmi.org/25-26-legisl... abundanthousingmi.org/25-26-legisl...

Detroit should get red light cameras and give me the money

the idea that you SHOULD have to carry identification documents is a a product of car dependence, for what it's worth, one of the ways that cars provide a glide path to a surveillance/police state

one thing a lot of detroit establishments could steal from lafayette coney: coat hook abundance. really annoying when you go into a bar and there's nowhere to hang your coat

Woodward Avenue, Detroit #detroit #street #photography #streetphotography #shuntphotography #urban #blueskyphotography #michigan

100% true story, in Detroit I once saw a car do this and a pedestrian walking around it took the lid off a large soft drink and poured it through the open sunroof.

the argument from the commenter here was that the complaint is without merit because the mayor didn't personally use the tickets. but it seems like it's still a pretty huge problem for an official to request concert tickets and then personally dole them out to whomever they please.

i would die to defend a multicultural economic zone

bsky.app/profile/ever... 2nd floor deconstruction? or failed popup? we report, you decide

Detroit needs through running rail service to Minneapolis

not usually one for architectural prescriptivism — every home is beautiful — but damn some of these “new” builds are testing me

the quintessential Detroit before and after 😭

Michigan guy alleges decades-long conspiracy by lawmakers of both parties to trap us in a built environment where driving is the only option

The governor of Michigan was endorsing $7500 purchase incentives gas-powered vehicles like a year ago. I support this action but it’s kind of hollow when the AG’s own party is undermining green transportation.

Loving these LED tactile crosswalk pads in Melbourne

8090 WETHERBY Parcel ID: 16022137. Year built: 1926 Zoned R2 Tax status: TAXABLE Image dates: Apr 07 2019 on left; May 19 2025 on right

Detroit, Michigan, home to some of the worst automobile culture on the planet, is in the Eastern time zone. www.wxyz.com/news/region/...

Hell yeah.

bsky.app/profile/ever... Big W rehab

update: we're about to "look good" in (a fork of) Rack Finder

Cherry-picking these is great Content but if you want an unbiased, agenda-free sampling of how Detroit is changing, follow @everylot.det.city

another 242 spaces across 26 sites: www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/17...

Just added about ~60 bike parking spaces to OSM to help us catch up. Do we need a OSM bike infrastructure mapping party www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/17...

This screenshot from the rackfinder.app shows how Windsor has done a much better job installing bike racks in their Downtown. We're continuing to push Detroit to do better.

blessed to live in a Real City* today *we have bus service on New Year's Day

I think the most effectively way to frame this issue is, "Don't you want choice in where you live and how you get around?" When framed this way, multimodal reforms transform from a burden (e.g. "we have to do this because of climate change/sprawl/costs/etc") into an amenity.

are you a detroit-area transit user? transit.det.city now does trip planning: transit.det.city/trip-planner

Detroit’s a bad example of this because industrial decline of autos is a small secondary effect compared to “massive systemic racism across the entire metropolitan area.”

Spotted a Waymo putting in the “inclement weather” work

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#Random Restaurant in Detroit, MI. Go checkout Cutter's 2638 Orleans Street Help us verify this information and provide back to #openstreetmaps https://localcafe.org/poi/N/5894602422

the reason that you can see this isn’t Detroit: we don’t have a neighborhood like this. stairs, short setback, houses close together.. did we ever have something similar? maybe in some older areas near downtown that no longer exist?

The simple pleasure of watching someone arrive at a bus stop just a minute before the bus comes. Real time information is only about 20 years old and we old folks remember how it changed everything. (And bravo to Portland's @trimet.org for being one of the early pioneers.)

the people of this great republic yearn for locomotive transport

what an inspiration

nice overhead shot of someone parking in the bike lane

Just follow the posted speed limit, it’s incredibly easy

Here's Toronto's mayor posting on Reddit about how their new transit line is too slow and they're going to take measures to make it (and all transit) faster. gotta say.. it would be nice if anyone in power in Detroit cared about speeding up our buses or the QLine. www.reddit.com/r/toronto/co...

people are constantly telling me that driving 55mph on I-94 thru Detroit (the current speed limit!) is irresponsible and dangerous.

To be more concrete: imagine 10% of the people on an 8-car subway train decided to take the bus instead to save money. You'd have to pay for a whole new bus and bus driver to keep up with no net new demand in the system.

Gotta say he's got a point, but I'll go further. Overreliance on NGOs is a symptom of American civil service dysfunction and the deliberate effort to simultaneously silo off government jobs from all other jobs and to make them significantly more miserable, precarious, highly regimented workplaces.

If one feels so strongly that AVs are necessary because driving by people is too unsafe, they should take that idea further and support reducing the need to drive in all or most circumstances. We don’t need AVs to make safety improvements, and we shouldn’t get stuck on tech fixes. Gift link

who up reëntering

The Joe Louis Greenway already has 6 miles open, another 6 miles under construction, and is on its way to becoming a powerful nearly 30 miles loop uniting neighborhoods all across Detroit. Clearing blight and transforming into a vibrant pathway of connection and renewal. 🌿✨