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Jer Staes
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On the future of Metro Detroit's suburban transit (ft. Tiffany Gunter, SMART)

Although a lot of attention is paid to buses and transit in the city of Detroit, the reality is the vast majority of people in Metro Detroit do not live within the city limits. Although some do, many of their trips to get around don’t involve the city at all.  They’re served by SMART – The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation – and any conversation about transit and linking southeast Michigan together involves their work.  In this conversation with Tiffany Gunter, Depu...

Jer Staes
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A new way to look at transit in Metro Detroit (ft. Dwight Ferrell, SMART)

Dwight Ferrell is the new-ish head of SMART, the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation that runs transit services in Detroit's suburbs. Transit is an issue that's been difficult for southeast Michigan to solve. Between political differences, many cities with sprawled-out low population densities, large distances between job centers and differing priorities of what transit should do where the auto industry has been paramount; it's been hard to make progress. And the lack of it...

Jer Staes
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Metro Detroit's transit dramatics continue in Auburn Hills (ft. David Gifford)

The city council of Auburn Hills recently voted to leave SMART, the suburban bus system, to create their own, far more limited service. That may or may not actually come to pass, but it’s a good time to check in on the state of transit as we’re ramping up to an election that’s important for SMART and the discussion about transit heats up again as the pandemic recedes. To unpack everything and give context, David Gifford. He’s a transit advocate and runs Transit Guide Detroit. If this is your f...

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