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From Fantasy To Innovation: The Autonomous Car in Film History

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 2U, american university, american university kogod school of business, autonomous cars in film, charles joseph fletcher, east africa rallye, ein käfer geht auf's ganze, ein käfer gibt vollgas, german cinema, glidemobile, herbie, herbie car, herbie the love bug, IMDB, james bond, james butler, jimmy bondi, john le carré, kogod school of business, mail-order MBA, mba capstone, rudolf zehetgruber, tanzania, terrible movies, the love bug rally, volkswagen, volkswagen beetle, vw beetle, vw bug, zehetgruber

Rudolf Zehetgruber’s 1971 West German film, “Ein Käfer geht aufs Ganze,” is a primitive example of autonomous cars in film, traveling off the beaten path made before it by the likes of Disney’s Herbie (1968).

Policy Urban Planning Public transit Transit infrastructure

A Biden Presidency: Full Speed Ahead On Transit?

November 9, 2020November 8, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments amtrak, high-speed rail, infrastructure, infrastructure funding, mass transit, midwest high-speed rail, public transit, rail, rail infrastructure, trains, transit, transit infrastructure

Republicans have tried time and again to defund Amtrak, which receives about a tenth of one percent of the funding directed to car infrastructure every year. Will a new Democratic administration be able to (finally) push for modernizing our transit infrastructure?

Policy Public transit Transit infrastructure

Gretchen Whitmer: When We Say “Mobility,” We Really Mean “Cars”

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments cars, chrysler, decarbonization, fca, Ford, general motors, GM, governor whitmer, Gretchen Whitmer, infrastructure, infrastructure funding, market transformation, michigan, mobility, policy, transit, transit infrastructure, transportation, whitmer

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Council on Future Mobility is not about mobility, it’s about cars. That’s got to change if we’re serious about decarbonizing transportation– or building an equitable future of any kind.

Business & Economics Historic preservation Urban Planning Transit infrastructure

Detroit Fairgrounds Site: Alternatives to Permanent, Monumentally Bad Decisions

October 6, 2020October 5, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 8 mile, adaptive reuse, brooks patterson, brownfield, dave coulter, DDOT, Density, Detroit, duggan, economic development, eight mile, francis grunow, historic preservation, mike duggan, preservation, QLINE, redevelopment, RTA, SMART, state fairgrounds, state fairgrounds site, transit, transit infrastructure, woodward, woodward avenue

The State Fairgrounds site is centrally located, and it’s huge. Too huge to make some monumentally bad decisions about permanently turning it into a Shelby Township-style strip mall.

Detroit Historic preservation Mobility Transit infrastructure

Tour of Ford’s Michigan Central Station Project

September 22, 2020September 21, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments adaptive reuse, biking, corktown, dearborn, Density, Detroit, detroit international bridge company, economic development, Ford, ford motor, historic preservation, land use planning, matty moroun, Michigan Central Station, micromobility, mobility, Mobility Corridor, moroun, multi-modal transportation, new mobility, public transit, regional transit authority, RTA, scooters, southeast michigan, speculation, train station, train stations, trains, transit, transit infrastructure, trump, urban living

Michigan Central Station, the iconic, hulking, centenarian structure that has sat vacant for decades, is perhaps the flagship redevelopment project

Public Health Public transit Transit infrastructure

COVID19 Diaries: Mobility in the Time of the Plague

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments colorado, front range, pueblo, transit

Amid the current COVID19 pandemic, transit agencies face massive shortfalls if their ridership decreases. They also face logistical challenges of spending an extremely limited pot of money on enhanced cleaning protocols.

Policy Climate Transit infrastructure

Climate Leadership Conference: Decarbonizing Transportation, One Electric SUV At A Time?

March 10, 2020March 11, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments autonomous vehicles, climate leadership conference, connected vehicles, decarbonization, electric vehicles, electrical generation, Ford, GM, infrastructure, market transformation, mobility, single-occupant vehicles, transit, transit infrastructure

One recurring theme at last week’s Climate Leadership Conference was the topic of decarbonizing the transportation sector. Transportation accounts for