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Infrastructure: Think Outside The Smartphone-Driven Profit Motive

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

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.

Driven: The Race To Create the Autonomous Car, by Alex Davies

January 20, 2021January 21, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments alex davies, anthony levandowski, argo, argo AI, auto industry, automotive industry, automotive sector, autonomous cars, autonomous vehicles, AV's, AVs, big tech, connected vehicles, Cruise, cruise automation, DARPA, driven, driven the race to create an autonomous car, driven the race to create an autonomous car alex davies, Ford, Ford Corktown, ford motor company, general motors, GM, infrastructure, mobility, mountain view, nevada, new mobility, palo alto, tech, tech bros, the race to create an autonomous car, transportation, william mitchell

Weekend Read. This book, Driven: The Race To Create the Autonomous Car, is worth reading for anyone who is interested

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Tour of Ford’s Michigan Central Station Project

September 22, 2020September 21, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments adaptive reuse, biking, corktown, dearborn, Density, Detroit, detroit international bridge company, economic development, Ford, ford motor, historic preservation, land use planning, matty moroun, Michigan Central Station, micromobility, mobility, Mobility Corridor, moroun, multi-modal transportation, new mobility, public transit, regional transit authority, RTA, scooters, southeast michigan, speculation, train station, train stations, trains, transit, transit infrastructure, trump, urban living

Michigan Central Station, the iconic, hulking, centenarian structure that has sat vacant for decades, is perhaps the flagship redevelopment project

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Gilbert’s Bedrock Is Beginning To Think Outside The Automobile

October 24, 2019October 24, 2019 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments autonomous vehicles, bedrock, bedrock detroit, dan gilbert, Detroit, kevin bopp, minoru yamasaki, mobility, motor city freedom riders, new mobility, prasanth gururaja, Quicken Loans, royal transportation, shared use mobility center, transportation riders united, TRU

I attended an event last night hosted by Transportation Riders United in One Woodward. The second floor conference room has