traffic congestion

Illustration of a green highway sign reading “Michigan Left.” The sign shows no left turn, instead a diagram of going straight, making a U-turn, then turning right. A yellow strip at the bottom says “WHY THO?” A gray car with its left blinker on drives toward the sign on a road. Background is a faded map of Michigan.

Stateside

In Michigan, the left turn isn’t always a left turn. At certain intersections, you find yourself doing something counterintuitive. You turn right first in order to turn left. Thats the notorious Michigan Left, but why does it exist?

Kids play in a grassy lawn while a yellow semi truck passes on a nearby road.

Transportation & Infrastructure

The Detroit street where kids dodge semitrucks to get to class

Koby Levin | Outlier Media

Semitrucks roar down Lonyo at all hours, barreling between I-94 and a sprawling complex of truck yards that sandwich this neighborhood. The trucks could take a slightly longer route to the freeway but they don’t because they don’t have to.

Transportation & Infrastructure

New flex lanes open on I-96 in Oakland County

Christopher G. Johnson

A new tool meant to help fight traffic congestion on I-96 is now open.

Motor Corps and Canteen volunteers from the Detroit chapter of the American Red Cross, taking a break from delivering supplies to influenza victims.

Community

Stateside: Kalamazoo homeless protests, 100th anniversary of Spanish flu, Libertarian Medicaid plan

Stateside Staff

Today on Stateside, Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Bill Gelineau says he would cut Medicaid costs by rewarding young women for not getting pregnant…

Traffic congestion is rising in Michigan

Steve Carmody

If you think your morning commute is taking longer in Grand Rapids and Detroit, a new report says you’re right.The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s…