Idle Thoughts And Prayers: Why I’m Not Attending The CHARGE Energy Branding Conference in Texas
Nat has, for better or worse, cancelled his trip to an energy conference in the Lone Star State.
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Public Safety
“Bike Lanes Are Against My Morals,” Says Ohio Woman
The economics of parking are simple. Convincing community members, though? Sometimes not so much.
Read MoreBook Review: Rise of the Warrior Cop, by Radley Balko
A new book looks at the militarization of police forces in the United States, how it costs taxpayers a staggering amount of money, threatens American democracy, and, above all else, doesn’t actually do much to reduce crime.
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“We’ve Got A Delegation, Bro”: Exemptions to DC Law, If You’ve Got The Money
Car culture sucks. Even in the nation’s capital, where the city doesn’t seem able to prevent cars from parking all over sidewalks, at bus stops, and its drivers from telling you that they’re allowed to, because.
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“Why Invest In Our Citizenry When We Could Blow It All On The Police State?” Asks Shrinking Midwestern City Increasingly No One Cares About
The City of St. Louis, whose population just in the 2020 census dipped below 300,000 for the first time since
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MSP: Seat Belt Use Drops To Lowest in 17 Years
The Michigan State Police released data from a study today that showed that fatalities are on the rise, while seatbelt usage is on the decline. We look at how this plays out across a few jurisdictions.
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Candidate Craig: Will The Paradoxes Play In The Provinces?
Detroit Police Chief James Craig’s abrupt announcement that he will be retiring to almost certainly run for governor– as a
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New Grand River Streetscaping: Safer, Slower, Greener
New streetscaping improvements have turned portions of Grand River Avenue, on Detroit’s West Side, from a street-level freeway into something more closely resembling a real city street that people might be able to safely hang out and shop on.
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Morning Coffee, Detroit Traffic: The Post-COVID Craze Is About To Be Wild
Yesterday, Detroit was a whole traffic jam, as an increasingly vaccinated cross-section of, well, everyone, emerged from the cocoons of Michigan winter and lockdowns.
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Police Reform: Imagining New Roles For A Safer, More Functional Society
We expect police to respond to, well, everything. And they’re not suited for it. Rethinking policing in the United States will require us to figure out alternatives for who is responding to what issue.
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