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2020 Election: Why I Voted How I Did

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments automotive industry, biden, billionaire class, billionaires, corporate debt, corporate subsidies, corporate welfare, covid, COVID19, covid19 pandemic, democracy, Donald Trump, economy, federal deficit, federal reserve, Gretchen Whitmer, infrastructure, joe biden, millionaires, mobility, obama, obama administration, pandemic, pluralism, policy, politics, taxes, transit, transportation, trump administration, xenophobia

Unsurprisingly, rhetoric usually becomes increasingly political as we approach the 2020 presidential election. To paraphrase a staffer on Aaron Sorkin’s

Policy Public transit Transit infrastructure

Gretchen Whitmer: When We Say “Mobility,” We Really Mean “Cars”

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments cars, chrysler, decarbonization, fca, Ford, general motors, GM, governor whitmer, Gretchen Whitmer, infrastructure, infrastructure funding, market transformation, michigan, mobility, policy, transit, transit infrastructure, transportation, whitmer

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Council on Future Mobility is not about mobility, it’s about cars. That’s got to change if we’re serious about decarbonizing transportation– or building an equitable future of any kind.

Live Free Or Die– Why Not Both?

April 16, 2020April 20, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments Donald Trump, Gretchen Whitmer, lansing, michigan militia, trump

Protesters descended upon the Michigan State Capitol today in Lansing to voice their opposition to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s extension of

Michigan Transit infrastructure

It’s Not Infrastructure If It’s Just Roads

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments brian calley, Bridge Magazine, gas tax, Gretchen Whitmer, HOV lanes, infrastructure, lee chatfield, matt maddock, michigan, mike shirkey, NUMTOT, public finance, road funding, roads, Sprawl, tolls, transit, transit infrastructure, UN Agenda 21 Globalist Conspiracy, user fees, VMT tax

I spoke with Brian Calley on proposals to fix the damn roads– and to understand whether Republicans might consider transit a good complement.

Urban Planning Public transit Transit infrastructure

The New Mobility Requires A New Workforce

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments amazon, amazon bid, amazon hq2, autonomous vehicles, bay area, cass corridor, economic development, Ford, garlin gilchrist, Gretchen Whitmer, jeff bezos, Midtown Detroit, mobility, nissan, smart city, sustainable mobility, talent attraction, talent retention, techtown, transit, transportation, wayne state university

This morning I attended “Driving Our AV Future,” an event produced by the Michigan Mobility Institute (MMI) and the Partnership for

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

Urban Planning Public transit Transit infrastructure Parking

The Somewhat Unsurprising Struggle of Detroit’s Streetcar

May 3, 2019May 3, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments dan gilbert, DDOT, Gretchen Whitmer, Ilitches, Little Caesars Arena, M1 Rail, Midtown Detroit, Mike Ilitch, public transit, QLINE, Quicken Loans, RTA, SMART, Streetcars, transit

Figures out this week show that Detroit’s QLINE streetcar, once heralded as a bringer of progress to our struggling city,