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

June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

Dreams of Better Transit Signage. How Legible Is Your City?

Transit advocacy should necessarily focus on making sure transit systems can be easily accessed. In many cases, that begins with signs to show people where to go.

Detroit Michigan Public transit Transit infrastructure

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Nat M. Zorach

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

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?

Policy Public transit Transit infrastructure Urban Planning

November 9, 2020November 8, 2020 Nat M. Zorach

A Biden Presidency: Full Speed Ahead On Transit?

Republicans have tried time and again to defund Amtrak, which receives about a tenth of one percent of the funding directed to car infrastructure every year. Will a new Democratic administration be able to (finally) push for modernizing our transit infrastructure?

Policy Public transit Transit infrastructure

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Nat M. Zorach

Gretchen Whitmer: When We Say “Mobility,” We Really Mean “Cars”

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s Council on Future Mobility is not about mobility, it’s about cars. That’s got to change if we’re serious about decarbonizing transportation– or building an equitable future of any kind.

Business & Economics Historic preservation Transit infrastructure Urban Planning

October 6, 2020October 5, 2020 Nat M. Zorach

Detroit Fairgrounds Site: Alternatives to Permanent, Monumentally Bad Decisions

The State Fairgrounds site is centrally located, and it’s huge. Too huge to make some monumentally bad decisions about permanently turning it into a Shelby Township-style strip mall.

Detroit Historic preservation Mobility Transit infrastructure

September 22, 2020September 21, 2020 Nat M. Zorach

Tour of Ford’s Michigan Central Station Project

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

Climate Policy Transit infrastructure

March 10, 2020March 11, 2020 Nat Zorach

Climate Leadership Conference: Decarbonizing Transportation, One Electric SUV At A Time?

One recurring theme at last week’s Climate Leadership Conference was the topic of decarbonizing the transportation sector. Transportation accounts for