July 31, 2018

Promising Trends in Local Housing Policy

Traverse City – northwest lower Michigan’s business and cultural capital – is at a defining moment in its history. Faced with skyrocketing home prices and swelling rents, we can sit back and watch as the housing issues escalate, or we can take action to create...

By Jim Bruckbauer
January 31, 2018

Back to the Future: Trains to the transportation rescue

Cars without drivers are part of the major shift taking place in how people and goods move around. Soon, planners say, a network of regional transit options – including autonomous vehicles, car-share, ride-share, bike-share, private shuttle services, public transportation and city-to-city passenger rail – will...

By Jim Bruckbauer