MichMash: Could Metro Detroit’s Transit Woes Be Solved on an Island With No Cars?

WDET Digital Southeast Michigan's transit woes and the political bickering surrounding them are the stuff of legend. Those transit problems...

CEO’s say Metro Detroit Languishing Because of Poor Regional Transit

WDET is examining issues affecting transportation as part of our series “Policy Meets the People: Mi Voice, MI Vote.” Jake Neher/WDET...

Many Metro Area Cities Paralyzed By Inability to Raise Revenues

The State of Michigan last week announced that it has a 315-million dollar revenue surplus for the coming fiscal year....

Michigan Playwright Returns Home With New Detroit Public Theatre Play

Chuck Nowak/ Detroit Public Theatre Grand Rapids native Noah Haidle is a playwright whose productions have been staged off-Broadway in...

What Do You Think of The New Statue Overlooking Campus Martius?

Stephen Henderson/WDET This week an odd statue was installed in Campus Martius, the center of downtown Detroit. The statue is...

The Force Is Strong With The DIA

2018 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved. For the next four months the Detroit Institute of Arts will be featuring the...

Detroit Power Popsters Chris Richards & The Subtractions Release “Peaks and Valleys”

Chris Richards talks with Ann Delisi about writing a hook, splitting his time between two bands and finding the perfect album...

The Rustbelt Poetry Festival Returns To Detroit

Gus Navarro/WDET Detroit’s literary arts scene is one that has been grown and cultivated with real investment since Detroit’s resurgence...

From Bridge Magazine: Could Historic Fort Wayne Become a National Park? [TRANSCRIPT]

Pat Batcheller/WDET The Gordie Howe International Bridge is set to start construction in southwest Detroit this September, and increasingly city...

Ruth Johnson Wears a Helmet and Says You Should, Too [CHART+TRANSCRIPT]

Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson says she started riding motorcycles when she was 12 years old. It's something she...

Twisted Storytellers: City Hall Wedding

From the live stage in Detroit to earbuds everywhere, WDET presents Season 2 of the Twisted Storytellers Podcast. The podcast...

How Did We Get Here? A Visual Timeline of Mass Transit in Southeast Michigan

Did you know that commuter rail service ran between Detroit and Ann Arbor as late as 1984? Or that Detroit...