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Events Mobility Parks & Rec Urban Planning

Nat M. Zorach October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 0 Comments 13 ways to kill your community, alberta, bicycle infrastructure, bike trails, bike trails in michigan, bikes, boardman lake, doug griffiths, flint water crisis, grand traverse, grand traverse county, grand traverse resort and spa, julie clark, mckenna planning, michigan, michigan bike trails, nonmotorized transportation infrastructure, northern michigan, ponzi scheme, TART, traverse area recreation trail, traverse city, up north

Day 1 of the Michigan Planning Conference

A trip to Traverse City is the cherry on top of a year filled with exciting developments in planning world.

greenhouse in spring summer

Ecology Environment Parks & Rec Parks and Public Space

Nat M. Zorach May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 0 Comments bike rides, bikes, bplant, butterflies, city of detroit parks, climate, climate change, dequindre cut, Detroit, detroit greenways coalition, detroit parks, detroit riverfront conservancy, duggan, gas-powered lawn equipment, jefferson chalmers, joe louis greenway, justin fenwick, lawnmower, michigan, mike duggan, mowing, native landscaping, native plants, native wildflowers, native wildgrasses, no-mow may, parks & rec, pollinator habitat, pollinators, rain garden, rain gardens, rukiya colvin, southwest detroit

Wishes For A Greener Spring

The advent of warm weather! The return of street fairs! The sniffles from spring allergies! And ever so much more.

Business & Economics Consumer Products Mobility

Nat M. Zorach August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 0 Comments behavioral economics, bicycle, bicycles, bike infrastructure, bikes, cars, CAYMC, cycling, cycling infrastructure, e-bikes, ebikes, economics, electric bicycles, electric bikes, electrification, entfremdung, freedom, liberty, liberty machines, marketing, marx theory of alienation, michael robertson, perceived value, safe streets

Libert-e-bikes: Marketing Mobility As Freedom

Michael Robertson, who founded a peer platform of the ill-fated Napster in 1997, once referred to cars as “liberty machines.” It’s a dominant belief among many car owners. Are eBike companies challenging that assumption in their marketing material?

Cycling Environment

Guest April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 0 Comments bike commuting, bikes, commuting, cycling, cycling infrastructure, decarbonization, e-bikes, ebikes, electric bikes, electrification, energy, NHTS, policy, radrunner, sustainability

Don’t Sleep On Electric Bikes

Electric bicycles are a fun, affordable alternative to the motorcar– for commuting

Cycling Public transit Transit infrastructure Urban Planning

Nat M. Zorach October 8, 2018 0 Comments automobile infrastructure, bike commuting, bikes, buses, car insurance, cars, commuting, congestion, DDOT, Detroit, detroit department of transportation, ebikes, infrastructure, MoGo, multimodal, NUMTOTs, public transit, southeast michigan, traffic, transit-oriented teens

Whomst Should Bear The Cost? Mobility and the Workplace

I figured I could kick off Detroit Mobility Week with some exploration of a debate currently simmering in my office

Cycling Detroit Michigan Ontario Public transit Transit infrastructure Urban Planning Windsor

Nat M. Zorach October 24, 2017 0 Comments ambassador bridge, bike rides, bikeability, bikes, caesar's windsor, cbp, cbsa, customs and border patrol, Detroit, detroit international bridge company, detroit river, international trade, international transit, matty moroun, transit, transit windsor, walkability, windsor

Bike The Bridge: Fleeting Dreams of International Bike Transit

On Sunday, for the first and possibly the last time, I rode my bike across the Detroit River on the

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