Strava’s Heat Map Makes The Case For Safer Streets.
Dion Thompson-Davoli showed us his Strava Heat Map of Detroit. It’s exactly as you would expect– showing a gaping hole of activity in most of the city proper.
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Author: Nat M. Zorach
Black Ocean Strategy? Private Firms Are Looking To Cut Themselves A Slice Of The Infrastructure Pie.
Wall Street and Silicon Valley are looking for access to infrastructure as they seek out new markets and sources of reliable revenue streams and growth potential. It’s good work … if you can get it.
Read MoreSidebar: What Actually Happens To Those Overdue Water Bills?
A followup to the Dennis Kefallinos article with a response from the Water Department on why the delinquent property owner has been allowed to rack up several hundred thousand dollars in delinquent bills. The response may have opened up more questions than it answered.
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Detroit Gets It Right On Vaccine Rollout
Vaccine rollout in Detroit has gone a lot better than management of the pandemic when it first started, and for this, the city should be given credit.
Read MoreDebt or Asset? How Utility Shutoffs Are About To Be A Big Problem.
Springtime and mounting debt related to COVID19 means utility shutoffs are coming. At least probably. Here are some ideas for how we can fix our broken systems for utility billing– and how we subsidize utilities through programs like LIHEAP without actually moving the needle on energy poverty.
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BUILD GREEN Act Charges Forward With Electric Transit. Is It The Right Move?
Public utilities are apprehensive about vehicle electrification because it’ll require a huge amount of investment in grid infrastructure. A new legislative proposal to electrify transit systems might make this a bit easier by delivering a big economy of scale.
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Dennis Kefallinos Owes Half A Million Dollars In Water Bills.
DURING MY BRIEF, 45-MINUTE STINT WORKING IN THE DETROIT BUILDING DEPARTMENT, I remember a day when a slick, older gentleman
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Ready For The Warm Weather? Spring Into Native Plants!
A couple of weeks ago, we received our Prairie Moon Nursery catalog of native plants and seeds in the mail.
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Tech Launched A Big Push To Fix Cities. What Happened?
Sidewalk Labs (Google), AirBnB, and Y Combinator all launched ambitious initiatives to build the technologically advanced, equitable, sustainable cities of tomorrow. What happened?
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Best Nerds Studio, the UIC SISE Podcast, Launches After Six Years
On Sunday, I had the opportunity and privilege to co-host the inaugural podcast of the Summer Institute on Sustainability and
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