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Detroit’s River Dogs: Weekly dog walking builds lasting bonds
Originally published by TheHUB Detroit Eula Johnson kept her nose so deep in her journals she didn’t know how splendidly the Detroit riverfront had transformed ... -
Poor Placemaking In Five Easy Steps
Editor's Note: This article was originally posted on Sustainable Cities Collective's website and is reposted with permission. William H. Whyte said “It is difficult to ... -
Urban Design: Normalizing Livable Cities
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on Sustainable Cities Collective and is reposted with permission. The suburban history of the last century in the ... -
On Walkability: An Interview With Jeff Speck
Written by Ash Blankenship on Parksify. Reposted with permission. For many cities, the concept of walkability is limited. Planners and engineers often fail to understand ... -
New Urban Street Design Guide Sets Standards for People-Centered Streets
Detroit is just the kind of place where the guide's principles could work. The Bikeway Guide was endorsed by the Federal Highway Authority, an essential ... -
4 Benefits Of A Walkable City
“Walkers are ‘practitioners of the city,’ for the city is made to be walked. A city is a language, a repository of possibilities, and walking ... -
Living Cities Report Underscores Economic Benefits of Walkable Urbanism
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Why You Want to Plan for Walking and Biking
On Tuesday, SEMCOG hosted its second public meeting on walking and biking paths and infrastructure in Detroit. Mode Shift staff spoke with three attendees to ... -
Urban Design With Pedestrians In Mind
Editor's note: This article first appeared on Sustainable Cities Collective and is reposted with permission. More than 270,000 pedestrians are killed in run-ins with cars ... -
Transportation inequity Part II
DETROIT—This is a continuation of last week’s piece on transportation inequity with excerpts from an interview with two Marygrove College Social Justice Program colleagues: Dr. ...
