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Wishes For A Greener Spring

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 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

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

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Libert-e-bikes: Marketing Mobility As Freedom

August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 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

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?

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