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Greener Streets, Safer Streets: Less Flooding Through Better Transportation Infrastructure

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments albedo, bioretention, bioswale, black locust, buffer, climate, climate adaptation, climate change, climate resilience, detroit flooding, detroit street grid, flooding, floodwater, floodwaters, green stormwater infrastructure, GSI, hardscaping, impervious, mdot, MDOT engineers, pervious, rain, rainwater, rainwater detention, rainwater retention, resilient, resilient infrastructure, riparian buffer, road engineering, safe streets, shade trees, storms, street grid, street grids, street trees, streets, traffic calming, urban heat island, vision zero, water infiltration, water treatment, weather, woonerf

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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Detroit Park City No. 5 – Crossing The Post Office Desert of West Fort Street

December 16, 2019December 17, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments Detroit, detroit park city, Detroit riverfront, detroit street grid, fort street, jefferson avenue, parking, riverfront, USPS, wayne county community college

One of the interesting things about Detroit’s built environment is the hub-and-spoke street layout. There are multiple, conflicting street grids,

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