Greener Streets, Safer Streets: Less Flooding Through Better Transportation Infrastructure
In the aftermath of a catastrophic flooding event a few weeks ago, Detroiters cleaned out their basements of water-damaged and
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In This Most Righteous Struggle: The St. Louis General Strike of 1877
Today, St. Louis commemorates 144 years since a violent labor struggle that saw widespread destruction and violence in the city and nearby areas, as part of the 1877 General Strike.
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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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The Three-Martini Greyhound: The Future of Corporate Travel?
In June, my partner took a three-day business trip– her first since before the pandemic hit- to Chicago. I threw
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Throw out your flood-damaged possessions. And your climate models.
Throw the climate modeling out the window with your flood-damaged worldly possessions. It’s time to figure out how to adapt.
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Best Nerds Podcast No. 2: Innovation and Equity in Transportation
Our second podcast is finally out. I take responsibility for the delay. There were some technical issues I ran into,
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The Future Is Electric. Mostly. But It’s Complicated.
Decarbonization is the buzzword du jour in the sustainability movement. Will it make everything more expensive? Maybe– but there are a few caveats to that.
Read MoreThe Morouns Tore Down A Warehouse For More Truck Parking. Really. [EDITED]
Walking from home to Corktown last night in search of food and drink with some out-of-town visitors who were eager
Read More“I Thought It Would Be Worse,” said a Detroit cop of a protest last year. “I Wanted More.”
CONTENT WARNING: The 22-minute video and the clips I’ve taken from it below include some disturbing and extremely graphic imagery,
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California Added Five States To Its Travel Ban. Does This Make Sense? Or Is It All Just Posturing?
We revisited our previous analysis trying to correlate red state regressivism with corporate investment, but this time looking at California’s newly-amended ban on state-funded travel to a number of deep red states.
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