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Michigan Growth Strategy: Gretchen Whitmer Needs To Step Up Her Politics, Not Her Leadership.

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments mitten, mike duggan, michigan population growth, michigan high-speed rail, michigan growth strategy, michigan growth, MEDC, lansing, population growth, Very Important Lansing People, trevor pawl, transportation, public transit, judd herzer, climate change, climate, carbrain, cagers, cory connolly, climate migration, hsr, high-speed rail, Gretchen Whitmer, Detroit, engineers, economic development

The governor wants to figure out a strategy to grow the state. It’s going to have to start with investing in things that matter to real people, rather than things that matter to quarterly earnings reports for automakers. But it’s not that gloomy. There’s plenty of opportunity to think about how to do this.

Policy Energy Infrastructure

Biden Infrastructure Plan: What All Is Included?

April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments pedestrian infrastructure, nonmotorized transportation, nonmotorized infrastructure, mobility infrastructure, mdot, joe biden, policy, infrastructure investment, waterways, USDoT, port, roads, road safety, ports of entry, ports, biden transportation policy, infrastructure, civilian climate corps, broadband internet, bridges, biden infrastructure plan, biden infrastructure bill, biden administration, anna clark, department of transportation, high-speed rail, high-speed broadband, gretchen bakke, federal deficit, federal budget, federal spending

We must remind critics of the Biden infrastructure plan what all is included in the term “infrastructure.” It’s a little bit more than just cars.

Business & Economics Public transit Transit infrastructure Government

Cato Needs To Re-Toole Their Bad Takes On Infrastructure

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments northeast corridor tunnel, northeast corridor, multimodal, moore's law, milkshakes, manufacturing, libertarianism, libertarian, intermodal transit, transit, trains, train, small government, real clear policy, randall o'toole, randal o'toole, public transit, intermodal, cato institute, capital expenditures, batman meme, batman, bad ideas, Amtrak NEC, amtrak capex, amtrak, alstom, FRR, inflation, high-speed rail, gridlock, government bad, government spending, freight, federal spending, farebox recovery ratio

The Cato Institute’s Randal O’Toole has a really terrible take on transportation investment that grossly misrepresents how money and economic efficiency work.

Policy Urban Planning Public transit Transit infrastructure

A Biden Presidency: Full Speed Ahead On Transit?

November 9, 2020November 8, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments midwest high-speed rail, mass transit, transit infrastructure, transit, trains, rail infrastructure, rail, public transit, infrastructure funding, amtrak, infrastructure, high-speed rail

Republicans have tried time and again to defund Amtrak, which receives about a tenth of one percent of the funding directed to car infrastructure every year. Will a new Democratic administration be able to (finally) push for modernizing our transit infrastructure?

Urban Planning Affordable housing

Sorry, Tim– Pocket Change Can’t Fix Suburbia.

November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments Zoning, palo alto, mountain view, affordable housing, sunnyvale, YIMBY, transit, san jose, regional planning, california, big tech, Density, bay area, BART, apple, high-speed rail, google

Apple just announced that it’s committing a bunch of money to housing development in the Bay Area. That’s good, right?!