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Tag Archives: infrastructure
Alleys: The Back Road To Sustainable Development
Take a stroll down an alley in Detroit and it’s apparent that these spaces are among the city’s most neglected. Even though my block, for example, only has four or five vacant housing units– a low percentage in a city … Continue reading
Posted in Urban Planning
Tagged Accessory dwelling unit, ADU, affordable housing, alleys, Cadillac Escalade, combined sewer overflow, CUBA, currently unsubsidized but affordable, Density, Ford F150, garages, green stormwater infrastructure, GSI, infrastructure, naturally occurring affordable housing, NOAH, residential construction, southwest detroit, stormwater infrastructure, stormwater management, stormwater retention
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A Literal Train Wreck Makes A Case For Resilient Infrastructure
A train derailment yesterday morning in Southwest Detroit knocked down a power line, leaving about a thousand residential and commercial DTE Energy customers without electricity and internet for about eight hours. It is unclear what caused the derailment of the … Continue reading
Mood: “It’s The Austerity, Stupid!” or, “Are We Ever Gonna Straight Up Call Out The Failings Of Neoliberal Economic Policy?”
Loneliness. Failures of civic engagement. A lacking sense of place. These are things that are often not discussed together. They’re certainly not typically at the forefront of conversations about free markets, though. So, I was pleasantly surprised to encounter the … Continue reading
Bad Ideas And Bad Companies Do Not Need Your Defense
I was out for happy hour the other night with a transportation group. In spite of its legendarily bad public transit system, Detroit’s accompanying scene is expansive enough to boast sub-niches: There is a transit justice and organizing group, a … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Public transit, Urban Planning
Tagged aaata, aecom, auto bailout, auto industry, autonomous vehicles, AVs, big three, chrysler, corporate debt, cruise automation, electric vehicles, electrification, finance, Ford, general motors, hntb, infrastructure, lyft, pedestrian safety, stock market, Tesla, trucks
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Whomst Should Bear The Cost? Mobility and the Workplace
I figured I could kick off Detroit Mobility Week with some exploration of a debate currently simmering in my office over the term, used in reference to employment, “must have access to reliable transportation.” The term is used by HR … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Public transit, Transit infrastructure, Urban Planning
Tagged automobile infrastructure, bike commuting, bikes, buses, car insurance, cars, commuting, congestion, DDOT, Detroit, detroit department of transportation, ebikes, infrastructure, MoGo, multimodal, NUMTOTs, public transit, southeast michigan, traffic, transit-oriented teens
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