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Urban Village Model

Are Urban Villages a viable option for Detroit?

John Cruz
September 2, 2011
Community and Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured
Two years ago, a handful of us Wayne State graduate students explored the concept of transforming the city of Detroit from the urban sprawl model that currently takes hold into an Urban Village model of small l...
zipcar

Zipcar comes to Detroit!

John Cruz
August 31, 2011
Culture, Featured, News, Transportation
The Zipcar service has finally made it to Detroit! Or at least to Wayne State University. The Zipcar Website now shows that Zipcar will soon be available to students and faculty: Get 24/7 access to Zipcars par...
Lawlessness

Is there a loophole for lawlessness in Michigan’s Lake St. Clair?

John Cruz
August 30, 2011
Featured, Maps, Policy
In 2005, Michigan State University professor Brian Kalt discovered an interesting legal loophole in Eastern Idaho, where because the congressional district spans the state, and there's no population in the 50-m...
Kohls Parking Lot

Parking lot gardens? Why not!

John Cruz
August 26, 2011
Featured, Sustainability, The Burbs, Transportation
One of the ugliest sights of American suburbia is the sea of concrete which provides parking for all of the merry patrons coming to shop. Adding insult to injury, the parking lots are a gigantic a monument to p...
Wooden City. Image by Bill Warner on Flickr.

Planners should brace for service sharing

John Cruz
August 22, 2011
Featured, News
With local tax revenues falling, budgets stretching, and a loud cry across the board for less government in many communities around the country, the current times are not faring well for planners. Many places h...
Woodbridge. Photo by John Cruz

Conceptualizing Woodbridge

John Cruz
August 19, 2011
Community and Neighborhoods, Featured
Recently, our Wayne State 2011 Capstone team finished our neighborhood study on Woodbridge, a neighborhood adjacent to Detroit's Midtown. Our client was the Woodbridge Citizen's District Council, a locally elec...
Tortilla Soup. Photo by shutterguy on Flickr.

Harnessing the Power of Soup

John Cruz
August 18, 2011
Community and Neighborhoods, Culture, Featured
When planners and community leaders look at an old neighborhood which is in need of revitalization efforts, a common train of thought is to appeal to a community of artists. They are willing to live in low inco...
Door Lane. Photo courtesy of garyseven on Flickr.

The Inherit Dangers of Bike Lanes

John Cruz
August 17, 2011
Featured, Transportation
Planners, engineers, and cyclists are continuing to find the perfect solution so that cyclists and motorists can live in peace and harmony. In the meantime, we are stuck trying to make it work in an imperfect w...
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