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The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. It is among the sites operated by the National Park Service. The agency was already hit with the costs of a 5.2% employee raise last year. The compromise budge before Congress would cut another 4.3% from its budget.

Electric self-driving bus pilot program to start at Sleeping Bear Dunes

Alvin (AJ) Jones

A $250,000 grant will provide a 45-day pilot program for automated electric bus rides at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Northern Michigan.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Detroit replacing 28 buses, recruiting new bus drivers and staff

Briana Rice

Each bus costs about $515,000.

Education

In looking for school busing solution, Mayor Duggan confronts legacy of 1974 Supreme Court decision

Stateside Staff

One of the key proposals in Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s State of the City address last month was a new busing system that would serve both district and…

Transportation & Infrastructure

Feds approve $57 million for new Grand Rapids bus line

Bryce Huffman

Grand Rapids can go forward with a $70 million transit project -- now that federal funding for it has been approved.The city can begin work on a new,…

Commentary

Detroit Mayor's "State of the City" speech reminds me of heroes from the past

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan riveted his town for nearly an hour last night with a state of the city address glowing with infectious, can-do optimism. Things…

A newspaper clipping of Detroit's busing era.

Education

3 things to know about the history of Detroit busing

For State of Opportunity, I've been wading through hours of audio and stacks of research for months about Detroit's mid-1970's busing controversy. More…