Oct
14
Hope Is a Traffic Jam as Detroit Shakes Off Record Bankruptcy
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Downtown thrives as vast expanses remain poor and unpeopled
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`A good comeback story,’ but its ending remains unwritten
Progress in Detroit is a bumper-to-bumper jumble of cars and buses inching through downtown.
Ten months after emerging from a record $18 billion municipal bankruptcy, Detroit is functioning in ways unseen for months and even years — street lights are on, parks get mowed, municipal debt is sold on the public market and the police are training civilians to manage traffic at clogged intersections.
“It’s a madhouse,” said Joshua Elling, a community development executive whose usual 20-minute commute can sometimes take an hour…
Hope Is a Traffic Jam as Detroit Shakes Off Record Bankruptcy
