Detroit is Different

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  • Latest episode: “I’m Putting out a Beacon Out So I Can Find My People, Lauren Hood on Belonging, Vision & Black Detroit”

  • Latest episode: “Arts Are Essential, John Sloan III on Performance, Black Detroit, and the Power of Cultural Leadership”
  • Latest episode: “Sports is a Vehicle, Leland Stein III on Detroit, Journalism, and Building Black Community”
  • Latest episode: “I’m Putting out a Beacon Out So I Can Find My People, Lauren Hood on Belonging, Vision & Black Detroit”

Charles Wilson joins Detroit is DIfferent to discuss the Detroit Department of Transportation bus system in the 1980s and 1990s. Wilson shares how as a Vietnam vet, he navigated beyond that to sustain his family. He shares stories from famous routes like Fenkell, Woodward, Dexter, and Gratiot. Wilson also opens up about how Detroit’s poor busing route system kept many passengers from arriving to work on time. Learn the difference between Chicago, New York, and LA bus systems. The agreement between SMART bus and Detroit. It was an interesting and insightful interview with Mr. Wilson.