Detroit

Adaptation & Resilience Events 

Climate Leadership Conference in Detroit

March 4, 2020March 3, 2020 admin 0 Comments climate adaptation, climate leadership conference, conferences, Detroit, events, kim cobb, rivian, sustainability, william k. reilly

Today, tomorrow, and Friday, I’ll be attending the Climate Leadership Conference in Detroit. The conference will bring together practitioners working

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Michigan Public transit Transit infrastructure 

RTA Bus vs. a Train Between Ann Arbor and Detroit? (Part 2)

February 11, 2020February 11, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments amtrak, ann arbor, canadian national, canadian pacific, class i railroads, conrail, DDOT, Detroit, farebox recovery ratio, hiawatha, I-75, m-10, marc magliari, mike hicks, milwaukee, rail, RTA, southeast michigan, university of michigan

One of my readers observed that she was a bit bummed out by the “yeah, but it simply can’t work

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Environment Photography 

Travels and Travails in the Downriver Smog

February 10, 2020February 9, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments allen park, arcelor mittal, capitalization, delray, Detroit, downriver, DTE Energy, ESG, krispy kreme, lincoln park, marathon petroleum, marathon refinery, MPC, nucor, rashida tlaib, river rouge, rouge river, violations, X, Zug Island

US Steel’s closure of its two Downriver plants raise the question of the future of the polluted areas around the x217 and x219 ZIP codes.

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Public transit Urban Planning 

State of Transit 2020: A Brooksless Mobility Future Rolls Forward

January 31, 2020February 10, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments brooks patterson, dave coulter, DDOT, Detroit, Ford, GM, john good, kristina curtiss, macomb county, megan owens, RTA, SMART, transit, warren evans, wayne county

TRU hosted its annual State of Transit event last night at TechTown. A sumptuous feast was catered. County Executives Warren

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Public transit Transit infrastructure Urban Planning 

RTA: Intercity Bus Service between Detroit and Ann Arbor, Coming To A Southeast Michigan Near You

January 9, 2020January 13, 2020 Nat Zorach 1 Comment ann arbor, BRT, Detroit, intercity bus, LRT, michigan connector, michigan flyer, public transit, public-private partnership, RTA, SMART, southeast michigan, southeast michigan area rapid transit

Often discussed in conversations about regional transit expansion in Southeast Michigan is the idea of a high-speed rail connection between

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Burgerbanism Urban Planning 

Burgerbanism: The Twelve Dishes Of Detroit Christmas

December 23, 2019December 23, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments bangladeshi, black-owned business, dearborn, Detroit, dime store, downtown detroit, food, hamtramck, ima detroit, livernois corridor, livernois streetscaping, michigan avenue, ottava via, peso bar, rock city eatery, sheeba, som tam, southwest detroit, yemeni

At the risk of seeming like all I do is think about parking lots and protected bike lanes (which, admittedly,

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Parking Urban Planning 

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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Energy Efficiency 

Lansing Field Trip: Michigan Public Service Commission

December 5, 2019December 6, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments Brianna Parker, Brittany Turner, Detroit, EcoWorks, EGLE, energy efficiency, energy waste reduction, Gretchen Whitmer, Joel Howrani-Heeres, Justin Schott, lansing, MDHHS, MEEFA, michigan, Tim Skrotzki

Today marked my quarterly pilgrimage to the great center of Mitten-power, that is, Lansing, Michigan. I go up every few

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Transit infrastructure Urban Planning 

Happy Birthday, Ambassador Bridge!

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments ambassador bridge, border crossing, Detroit, detroit international bridge company, detroit river, gordie howe bridge, international trade, matassa, matty moroun, windsor

The Ambassador Bridge, or, Moroun’s Folly, as I call her, is 90 years young today. We commemorate this iconic landmark–

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Transit infrastructure Urban Planning 

New Mobility Needs Old Mobility, Too!

October 30, 2019November 5, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments AAA, bikeshare, Bird, Detroit, lime, limebike, lisa nuszkowski, lyft, MoGo, net impact, ni19, nico probst, prashanth gururaja, public transit, scooters, shared use mobility center, Spin, TNC, transit, transportation, Transportation Network Companies, Uber, USDoT

I admit that I often approach discussions of “new mobility” with trepidation. Many mobility-themed events in Detroit are launched with

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