by d3wpadmin | Dec 2, 2011 | Frontage, Lisa Rayle
Detroit’s downtown street grid in 1896. Block edges that have since been lost are highlighted in yellow. Source: B. Ryan As Detroiters visit a festive Campus Martius Park this holiday season, they might be inspired to imagine how downtown felt in the 1920s,...
by d3wpadmin | Dec 1, 2011 | Louis Bach, transit
Amtrak has announced that they are upgrading the infrastructure on their Detroit-Chicago line: A $196 million grant will reduce train travel time by 30 minutes between Detroit and Chicago. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood awarded the grant to the Michigan...
by d3wpadmin | Nov 30, 2011 | Lisa Rayle, Walkability
walkable grid – small block size // less walkable subdivision – large block size [Note: this post was updated April 26, 2019 to provide an up-to-date URL for Walkscore.] In last week’s Times, Chris Leinberger argued that the apparent shift in homeowner...
by d3wpadmin | Nov 22, 2011 | Clay Martin
With so many changes in life, it would be nice to be able to count on counties to be there when you need them. For the most part, you can. Of the 3,234 counties listed in the 2000 Census, 3,221 were still around in 2010.* Of the counties that disappeared, one is in...
by d3wpadmin | Nov 18, 2011 | Amy Grodin, Environment
Total Amount of Fugitive Air Pollution Released: 1988 – 2009 from datadrivendetroit on Vimeo. This video shows total air pollution in Detroit census tracts as monitored from 1988-2009 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). For 1988 through the mid...
