Today in America, nearly three million people catch a flight every day. Over the last hundred years, commercial aviation has evolved into such a regular part of life that booking a flight rarely provokes a second thought. Explaining this phenomenon is relatively...
Michael Goldman Brown, Jr., has joined the Groundwork family as our new Transportation Specialist. Michael will work to build community connections and support for the proposed passenger rail line connecting south-east Michigan to mid- and lower Northern...
Postcard: The High Bridge, over the Pere Marquette River, northern Michigan. As we look to reestablish passenger rail service to Traverse City, examining the present and past of the railroad here provides helpful and fascinating perspectives into the possibilities for...
Photo: We can dream ... passenger rail in many nations is fast, smooth and affordable. Italian train station pictured. (Legendary Orient Express train at right.) The year 1888: the Washington Monument opens to the public, the National Geographic Society is founded,...
Hello Friends of Groundwork, We'll keep you up-to-date over the next few months on the Grand Traverse County Road Commission's efforts to build a new bridge, with an estimated cost of $320,000,000, in the Boardman River Valley, but in the meantime, here's a...
FOIA request reveals project cost is triple what’s been publicly disclosed. Project web page: https://groundworkcenter.org/stop-hartman-hammond-bridge/ Traverse City, MI—The price to build the proposed Hartman-Hammond bridge-and-road project through the Boardman...