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Recharging the Aquifer Underneath Detroit’s Transit Desert

January 5, 2022January 5, 2022 Martha Connell 0 Comments DDOT, ddot cuts, ddot detroit, ddot driver shortage, ddot funding, ddot routes, Detroit, duggan, duggan administration, economic development, labor, metro detroit, michigan, QLINE, regional transit authority, regioonal transit authority, RTA, rta michigan, rta millage, SMART, transit, transit service, wages

Martha Connell looks at some hard questions about the future of Detroit’s transit.

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What If We Can’t Wait? Public-Private Partnership Solutions for Infrastructure

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments amtrak, Amtrak NEC, augean stables, austerity, ben stupka, brooks patterson, BRT, bus, chicago parking meters, dave coulter, Detroit, economic development, FRR, l. brooks patterson, macomb county, MBA, mba capstone, megan owens, metro detroit, michigan, mikel oglesby, mobility infrastructure, new york fear city, oakland county, philanthropic capital, PPP, private sector, public sector, public transit, public-private partnership, regional infrastructure, regional planning, regional transit, regional transit authority, robert moses, RTA, ryan friedrichs, stephanie farmer, transit, transit infrastructure, transportation, transportation riders united, TRU, why is macomb county awful

The RTA is planning on returning in 2022– again- to revisit a ballot measure to fund regional infrastructure investment in Southeast Michigan. Can we wait for 2022? Should we explore alternatives in the meantime?

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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

Urban Planning Public transit Transit infrastructure

State Lawmaker Asks, “Why Can’t People Just Take Uber Instead?” Let’s Explain Why.

December 20, 2019December 20, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments congestion, GOP, highway widening, I-75, I-94, induced demand, lyft, matt maddock, michigan legislature, public transit, regional transit authority, republican party, rideshare, RTA, TNC, transit spending, Uber

There are a few names that often get thrown around in Southeast Michigan when one discusses the fight for infrastructure.

Business & Economics Urban Planning Public transit Transit infrastructure

All Aboard, RTA 2020: The Business Case For Transit

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments DDOT, detroit department of transportation, macomb county, mdot, regional transit authority, RTA, SEMCOG, southeast michigan, southeast michigan area rapid transit, thehub, Those Macomb County Types

I’m moving into the end of the year with an announcement about some exciting upcoming goings-on. RTA 2020: The Business

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Challenging The Automotive Paradigm in Reagan Democrat Country

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019 Nat Zorach 0 Comments 8 mile, ballot initiative, classism, gratiot, leon drolet, macomb county, mark hackel, mass transit, property tax, public transit, racism, regional transit, regional transit authority, RTA, SEMCOG, SMART, transit, transit corridors, transit millage, xenophobia

I found out the other night that there are people in Macomb County who actually refer to the Gratiot FAST