Land
Arrival of Uber means fewer cabs, cab drivers
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Uber’s technological and business model poses a threat to local taxi companies.
Recreation
Small watercraft account for many distress calls
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The majority of Lake Michigan distress calls come from kayakers or canoeists who paddle into the lake and get caught in the wind.
Land
Don’t know much geography
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Michigan is one of only six states with a statewide middle school and high school requirement for geography.
Echo
ArtPrize: From solar sound to four-season photography
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Recently Echo visited ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan to talk with artists who’ve put an environmental spin on their work.
Land
World Trade Center architect’s Detroit vision
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John Gallagher chronicles architect Minoru Yamasaki from his humble beginnings and through his quest for a unique style that produced the New York City landmark and a more modest impact on Detroit’s environment.
Land
Retailers lose suit against Marathon Petroleum
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When the refinery bought neighboring homes to expand crude oil capacity, residents left and retailers lost them as customers, the suit claimed. They weren’t offered the same buyouts as the residents.
Land
Expanding wildland-urban interface creates new land challenges
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The growth is due to societal changes such as increased vacation, early retirement, an aging population and telecommuting.
Land
Environmentalists tell MDOT to pump the brakes on I-94 expansion
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The Michigan Department of Transportation has plans to renovate a 6.7 stretch of I-94 near Detroit.
Land
Are robot cars good for the environment?
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Experts say that could go either way and depends on who wins the transportation policy debate.
Land
Book explores mining, logging company towns of the Upper Peninsula
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Working conditions were arduous in many communities that no longer merit recognition by mapmakers.