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Can A College Grow If Students Need A Car To Get There?
By Micheline Maynard Last winter, I was a Donald Reynolds Visiting Professor of Business Journalism at Central Michigan University. I loved working with my students (check out their work on our Reinventing Michigan blog), and I enjoyed life in Mount … Continue reading
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Filed under Driving, public transportation
Car-centric Texas And Florida Face Clean Up After Harvey And Irma
This will be a hurricane season that residents of Texas and Florida will long remember. Just as Houston began the long process of cleaning up from Hurricane Harvey, Miami and cities on Florida’s west coast were hit full force this … Continue reading
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Filed under cities, infrastructure, public transportation, Rail
Classic Cars May Be Gorgeous, But Millennials Don’t Care. Will They Become Orphans?
Across the United States, it’s car show season. This past week, as many as a million spectators crowded Woodward Avenue north of Detroit, for the annual Woodward Dream Cruise. In Pebble Beach, California, ultra-expensive collector cars were on display at … Continue reading
Car-sharing Is On The Rise, But How Will It Affect Auto Sales?
Cars were once seen as a symbol of freedom. But as real estate prices rise, and millennials face student loan burdens, some see them as a burden. Their owners are saddled with a costly, often unused piece of machinery, not … Continue reading
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Filed under car sharing, cars, cities
Self-Driving Vehicles Are Coming Faster Than You Think
Self-driving car testing is now so common that people in California don’t even look up when one goes by. Tests have taken place in Arizona and Michigan, too, while New York State recently approved a year-long pilot program to test … Continue reading
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Massachusetts’s New Fashionable Transit Bling
Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority announced this week it has begun selling “sesame rings” that can be used to pay for a rider’s trip, according to Boston Magazine. The rings are being produced using 3-D printers and have RFID chips that … Continue reading
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Filed under public transportation, Technology
May I Check Your Bike, Madam? Bike Valets Are Popping Up
Who says only motorists can show up in style? Valets are no longer only for cars. They are becoming an increasingly popular method of accommodating bicyclists at large events. Here are just a few of the places where cyclists can … Continue reading
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In Detroit, An Entrepreneurial Company Takes on Transit
When you think of transit, you probably think of public transportation, subsidized by the government in some way or another. The Detroit Bus Company is a little different. The city of Detroit has a public bus system, but it’s not … Continue reading
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Bixi May Have Bad News, But Check Out These 4 Promising Bike Share Projects
With the bankruptcy filing of the Public Bike System Company, more commonly known as Bixi, bike sharing has been getting some stinky press as of late. Bixi, which is based in Montreal, filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this year after it … Continue reading
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