An optimistic– but not enough– note. Good ideas are always appearing, and so does the bus company of Andy Didorosi in Detroit. They are always interesting and motivating, but they seem clearly inefficient and illusory in order to solve the problems that have led one of USA's largest cities to be declared in bankruptcy today, with a 15-billion € debt.

Young entrepreneur Andy Didorosi believes that the way to Detroit’s new era depends on better leadership and a solid connection between the city and the suburbs. So when the city in 2012 axed its plans to build the M-1 light rail, the transit solution that would’ve bridged that vital connection, Didorosi was mad as hell. So what’s an angry young man in this situation supposed to do? Well, Didorosi bought a bus, had a local artist trick it out with a wicked mural, and he started the Detroit Bus Company. Dedicated to a more connected city, Andy Didorosi is bringing Detroit home one ride at a time.

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Published on: July 19, 2013
Cite: "Ideas on Detroit's bankruptcy day" METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/ideas-detroits-bankruptcy-day> ISSN 1139-6415
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