Is it Time Detroit Stopped Being the ‘Motor City’?

Hear WDET's report by clicking on the audio player above. Ralph Nader, pedestrians on Woodward Avenue, Detroit City Councilmember Scott...

Electric Cars and Trucks At Crossroads as Auto Show Kicks Off

Jennifer Pruss/WDET The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) is back, and that means the future of the auto companies...

Is Our Obsession With Cars ‘Insane?’ How Are Those Behaviors Changing?

Remi Jouan The North American Auto Show (NAIAS) kicks off this week as it opens its doors to journalists, industry...

RTA Makes Adjustments in 2019 [MAP]

If at first you don't succeed, try something a little different. The Regional Transit Authority is reworking its long-term plan to...

Why Is the Motor City Encouraging E-Scooters?

Eli Newman / WDET A version of this story originally aired on Marketplace. For a city that built its name...

MichMash: These Whitmer Cabinet Picks Will Inherit Huge Problems At Pivotal Moments

WDET Digital We’re beginning to get a clearer picture of what state government might look like under Governor-elect Gretchen Whitmer....

Canadians Face Travel Ban for Talking With U.S. Pot Industry While Michigan Dispensaries Fear Product Shortage

Investors are smelling the profit potential in legal marijuana. And the latest fertile field for financiers is Michigan, the 10th...

‘World’s Smartest Intersection’ in Detroit: Like Adding a Smartphone on Traffic Lights

Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Imagine a traffic light that stays yellow long enough for cyclists or pedestrians to get across, no matter...

Will Detroit, Other Cities Learn Anything From Amazon HQ2 Megaflop?

Jake Neher/WDET This week, Amazon stunned almost no one when it announced that it will open new major headquarters near both Washington...

Ride Sharing Companies, Local Businesses Offering Free Rides to the Polls

Gus Navarro/WDET One of the recurring themes we hear around elections is about getting people to the polls. This often...

Bill Schuette Detroit Journalism Cooperative Interview [VIDEO, TRANSCRIPT]

  EDUCATION Education experts across the political spectrum believe that Michigan needs to rethink the way it funds schools. They...

Democratic Nominee for Governor Gretchen Whitmer Joins Detroit Today

Cheyna Roth/MPRN & Jake Neher/WDET In just a couple weeks Michigan voters will head to the voting booth to pick the...