Mobility Archives - Page 4 of 5 - The Handbuilt City

Nat compares the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis to the Joe Louis Greenway in Detroit, which broke ground this past week.

Mobility Transit infrastructure

May 13, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

Decarbonizing Transportation With… More Fossil Fuels?

I just want clean air and buses. Is that so much to ask?

Infrastructure Mobility Tech Urban Planning

April 26, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

Webinar: Tech To Reduce Guesswork for Safer Streets

Traffic technology has improved by leaps and bounds in recent decades. While the ultimate solutions to ending traffic violence must come with better street designs and a reduced reliance on single-occupant automobiles, there are some interesting developments in technology that are allowing better modeling to understand driver behavior, intersection safety, and more. We learned about it from a webinar co-hosted by Canadian tech company Miovision.

Infrastructure Mobility Policy

March 31, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

Buttigieg Suggests VMT Tax. Here Are A Few Alternatives.

VMT is a tough sell for a variety of reasons. Can’t we just get it over with and get a national carbon tax?

Cycling Mobility

March 26, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

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.

Business & Economics Mobility Tech

March 2, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

Mispricing the Chevrolet Bolt, And Other Strange Corporate Decisions

The Chevrolet Bolt originally sold poorly. It’s now selling well, but at an average of a 30% discount off its full MSRP. Maybe that suggests it wasn’t priced right to begin with.

Energy Mobility

February 26, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

The “Mobility” Council’s Report: Buy A Car, Peasants

The Michigan Council on Future Mobility and Electrification said that Google’s Cavnue project is “one of the most ambitious mobility initiatives in history.” We looked through the history books and picked our top four competitors.