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Whether we’re thinking about costs or spatial geometry, elevators (and the regulation thereof) are an important concept behind the question of how to facilitate development of more multifamily and missing middle construction in the United States. A new report from the Center for Building in North America considers the role of the elevator in construction, looking at both the historical evolution of the technology, the safety of operations and installation, and the spatial efficiencies of European vs. American configurations.

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Transit infrastructure Urban Planning

February 21, 2022 Guest

Into Exurban Oblivion: Auburn Hills Mulls Ditching Transit Service

In one of the farthest-north suburbs of Detroit, a municipality’s elected representatives are discussing the possibility of eliminating fixed-route transit, which has the support of an overwhelming percentage of the electorate, to save around $800,000 per year. In this guest co-editorial, Calley Wang and Nat Zorach argue that this is a really, really terrible idea.

Book Reviews Movements & Organizing Policy Public Safety

November 29, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

Book 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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Housing Policy Urban Planning

November 15, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

Those People: NIMBYism in America’s 17th-Wealthiest County

If you, like me, are a part-time transplant resident of the District of Columbia– and are a policy nerd, no

Events

June 17, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

Detroit, The World’s Racetrack: My First Time At The Belle Isle Grand Prix

At the Grand Prix, presented by [Car Company] on Belle Isle, we enjoyed pulled pork nachos, sunshine, and a haze of particulate emissions.

Law Movements & Organizing

April 12, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

NLG Files Lawsuit Against the Detroit Police

Attorney David A. Robinson and Detroit representatives of the National Lawyers’ Guild (NLG) held a press conference today in downtown

Law Politics Public Safety

February 23, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

Taxpayers Spend Hundreds of Millions Per Year On Police Brutality Settlements. That Money Could Be Better Spent.

A new article from FiveThirtyEight looks at the staggering sums of money taxpayers are liable for in police brutality lawsuit settlement in 31 American cities. The data are unsurprisingly incomplete, and unsurprisingly appalling.

Gun Control Movements & Organizing Policy Urban Planning

December 15, 2020 Nat M. Zorach

Why The “Gun Registration Will Lead To Confiscation” Trope Is Ridiculous

Gun registration is a proposal that has gained little traction because of a widespread fear that it would result in guns being confiscated. There’s little evidence to suggest that such fears are warranted. But there’s also a good body of evidence suggesting that, well, the government probably knows who has guns already.

Adaptation & Resilience Culture & Language Public Health

November 26, 2020 Nat M. Zorach