Friday, November 13, 2026

Dispatches from the Rust Belt

Cities & Urban Planning

The New Mobility Requires A New Workforce

This morning I attended “Driving Our AV Future,” an event produced by the Michigan Mobility Institute (MMI) and the Partnership for

I’m moving into the end of the year with an announcement about some exciting upcoming goings-on. RTA 2020: The Business

I found out the other night that there are people in Macomb County who actually refer to the Gratiot FAST

The other day (awhile ago, sorry about the delay), I deviated from my morning routine and took the hound down

Well, this is awful. Today, developer Emmett Moten began demolition of the Detroit Saturday Night Building. This will give him

The Ambassador Bridge, or, Moroun’s Folly, as I call her, is 90 years young today. We commemorate this iconic landmark–

I’ve had a persistent respiratory something or other for a solid two and a half weeks now. I’m a healthy

Mike Duggan’s latest proposal to “eliminate blight” includes a proposed $250 million bond issue to finance his ongoing demolition program,

Apple just announced that it’s committing a bunch of money to housing development in the Bay Area. That’s good, right?!

I admit that I often approach discussions of “new mobility” with trepidation. Many mobility-themed events in Detroit are launched with