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Policy Public Safety

April 23, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

Police Reform: Imagining New Roles For A Safer, More Functional Society

We expect police to respond to, well, everything. And they’re not suited for it. Rethinking policing in the United States will require us to figure out alternatives for who is responding to what issue.

Cycling Mobility

March 26, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

Strava’s Heat Map Makes The Case For Safer Streets.

Dion Thompson-Davoli showed us his Strava Heat Map of Detroit. It’s exactly as you would expect– showing a gaping hole of activity in most of the city proper.

Cities & Urban Planning Cycling Mobility Public Health Public Safety

January 25, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America

Angie Schmitt’s Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America (2020) is a must-read

DoE’s Chris Wright: Spend More Money, Die Faster. November 25, 2025
House-as-a-Service? The Unbearable Silliness of the 50-Year Mortgage November 10, 2025
Ten Scary Things This Halloween October 31, 2025

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