DDOT's Bad Grade.. Light Art.. Light Rail.. School Gardens

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 DDOT's Grade: D- Poor bus service is putting Detroit's financial recovery at risk, according to a report issued Tuesday by transportation advocacy group Transit Riders United. The group gave the Detroit Department of Transportation a D- grade for timeliness in its second "report card" and claimed Mayor Dave Bing's administration has failed to keep promises to improve bus service. A Hot Spot For Light Art DPS Goes Green With Gardens At 45 Schools Light Rail Backers Pledge Private Funds Woodward Light Rail Not Dead Yet -- Should It Be? Bing Budget Cuts 2,566 Jobs BLOG POSTS Tunde Wey: Call For Ideas: Innovative Ways To Fund Small-Scale Community Projects? What if 1% of the total cost of all local purchases we made was somehow pooled into a fund to be distributed to worthy community projects? Samantha Tritsch: Goodbye and Good Luck: Confessions of a Nearly Graduated UM Student While this may seem completely predictable and cliché, I have to admit that I truly believe that my experience at the University of Michigan has equipped me with not just a diploma, but a skill set that has adequately prepared me for what is to come. Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm: Fired up! Climate Change Gridlock Needs to Be Replaced With Action The climate is changing. But excuses for inaction have not. Instead of complaining start campaigning. Put people in office who will allow your children to have a future on this planet. Douglas A. Geiss: Republicans Refuse to Give Thanks for the Auto Recovery The key for all of us in Michigan is that the auto industry not only survived the Great Recession, but today is leading our economic recovery. Jobs are being added and new products are being introduced. Sen. Tom Carper: 42 Years of Celebrating Our Planet: How Far We've Come and Where We Need to Go As we observe Earth Day this year, we recognize the progress we have made to help clean up our nation's air and water and preserve its natural resources, but we also recognize there's still plenty of work to do.

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