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Infrastructure: Think Outside The Smartphone-Driven Profit Motive

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments zero emissions vehicles, new mobility, midwest, MEDC, mary barra, semiconductor shortage, triple zero, trevor pawl, transit, Tesla, smartcitiesworld, smartcities, smart city, smart cities, effects of covid on transit, connected autonomous shared electric, elon musk, chip shortage, CASE, autonomous vehicles, Electric cars, effects of covid19 on transit, FRR, GM, future of mobility, general motors, farebox recovery ratio, ford motor company, Ford F150, ford f-150, Ford

One of Michigan’s most visible mobility spokespeople recently said in a webinar that smartphone ownership and profitable markets were the two hindrances to developing sustainable mobility solutions in the state. It’s a politically horrific, functionally dubious, but baffling thing to say.

Burgerbanism Transit infrastructure

Burgerbanism No. 3: Take Indy’s BRT to Delectable Southern Cuisine at Root & Bone

September 7, 2021September 5, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments red states, outdoor dining, midwest, walkable, transit infrastructure, sweet tea, southern food, sidewalk dining, ajvar, ketchup, indygo, indianapolis, circle city, chicken & waffles, burgerbanism, BRT, Indiana, fried green tomatoes, fried chicken

In town for a long weekend that involved a multi-part wedding extravaganza, I headed down south, as it were, to

Urban Planning Cadastral Projection

Cadastral Projection: Exploration In The Time of the Rona

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments midwestern, order upon the land, ohio, minnesota, minneapolis, midwestern culture, midwest, matterport, linda mcnair, language, land survey, thomas jefferson, seven ranges, steeple square, st. paul, square, eclipse records, coastal chauvinism, chicago, cadastral survey, cadastral projection, i hate you thomas jefferson, hildegard binder johnson, grids, grid, great chicago fire, first avenue

Cadastral Projection is a new series using the Matterport platform to catalogue and explore spaces.

Business & Economics Culture & Language Iowa

Postcards from Des Moines: A Trip To RAYGUN

October 5, 2020October 4, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments raygun, panmidwestern, midwestern, midwest, t-shirt, t-shirts, startup, des moines, coastal chauvinism, clothing, entrepreneurship

Returning from Minneapolis and on a roundabout, triangular route to Dubuque, I stopped into RAYGUN, the Midwest’s favorite t-shirt shop,

Adaptation & Resilience Climate Environment

Land Hurricanes, Resilient Design, And Other Stuff To Think About

August 14, 2020August 14, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments panelized construction, resilience, midwest, residential construction, iowa, wind resistance, wind, weather, storms, climate change, derecho, construction, climate resilience, climate, ICF, grinnell, extreme weather

Extreme weather, like the recent derecho storm that ripped through Iowa, is exposing the fragility of the built environment. Fortunately, in thinking about how to protect ourselves, we have the ability to combine human technological ingenuity with the systems nature already built.