bike lanes Archives - The Handbuilt City

A screenshot of a tweet of a Local WDIV Channel 4 news van blocking the two-way bike lanes on Bagley Avenue in Southwest Detroit near the MIchigan Central Station project on a chilly and overcast fall evening.

The Blue Oval scores another kind of big, fat, blue oval, rotated 90°, for its commitment to walkability and bikeability in the new Michigan Central Station project.

Urban Planning

November 1, 2022 Nat M. Zorach

How To Find Nonpartisan Consensus in Sustainable Urbanism

In an era when political discourse seems so fragmented, polarized, and toxic, is it possible to find consensus on any issue? A recent trip to Southwest Florida featured an interesting conversation on the subject– around transportation infrastructure that can make South Florida’s cities safer and more attractive for the large number of tourists and residents alike.

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Mobility Public Safety Urban Planning

February 9, 2022 Nat M. Zorach

“Bike Lanes Are Against My Morals,” Says Ohio Woman

The economics of parking are simple. Convincing community members, though? Sometimes not so much.

the sears tower looms beyond the brutalist campus of the university of illinois chicago, where the summer institute on sustainability and energy (SISE) takes place.

Mobility Public transit Transit infrastructure

July 14, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

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,

Infrastructure Public Safety Small Business Streetscaping

May 4, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

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.