First solar neighborhood (Van Dyke) broke ground in Detroit last week. planetdetroit.org/2025/10/detr... Take a look at the maps I made around the spaces where these installations are placed: detroitography.com/2025/07/25/m...

Event: Detroit GIS Day 2025 detroitography.com/2025/10/15/e...

Why don't we use the money to make the streets safer? www.wxyz.com/news/deputie... Why is it we can find ways to deploy police but not street interventions?

Op-Ed: Why Detroit needs to get serious about zoning www.bridgedetroit.com/detroit-zoni...

Map: Impact Assessment of the Detroit Solar Neighborhoods detroitography.com/2025/07/25/m...

Certainly something to be said about being consistent and doing what works even if it is considered unpopular. Michigan dropping the ball and only allowing itself to further lag behind. www.bridgemi.com/talent-educa...

It seems super weird that there isn't a political party in the state making this a major issue. Michigan fishing regulators to discuss Great Lakes whitefish crisis www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env... via @bridgemi.com

A crisis that could be seen miles away and one that Michigan "leaders" have ignored. Transportation troubles create a lonely reality for older Michiganders | Bridge Michigan share.google/POAbw8y5Oq2w...

It feels like we have nobody in power talking to what we need to do to address this. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...

Question MDOT and other road managers should answer to is "how many more?" Boy killed riding bike near Ypsilanti was aspiring filmmaker, leaves legacy of empathy www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/06/boy-killed-riding-bike-near-ypsilanti-was-aspiring-filmmaker-leaves-legacy-of-empathy.html

Michigan, when?

From @planetdetroit.org "Post-restoration monitoring revealed the return of five species of herpetofauna, including the eastern American toad and the northern water snake, species that hadn’t been seen in significant numbers on the island before." planetdetroit.org/2025/06/detr...

Talked with some neighbors and learned that it was only during the day they blocked it off. There was nobody there later on in the evening leading up to the fireworks. Went over to Lakewood East park today confirms this as there was an absurd amount of garbage strewn about.

Apparently they didn't close every park. Over at one that got entirely trashed. Why would they block up one park all day and not the ones next to it?

Iconic whitefish on edge of collapse as Great Lakes biodiversity crisis deepens www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env... via @bridgemi.com

Without a library branch and the local community center closed due to the fireworks, Jefferson Chalmers residents in Detroit are left without access to a safe place to cool off during this heat. Ewald branch of GPP library is also closed without AC.

I spiring to see this French city tackle pollution and excessive car usage in their city center. Pollution significantly down as it stands with plans to take it further. Detroit should be planning similarly to prepare for population rises. youtu.be/FGzntclNkV8?...

Awesome event at Detroit Parks this summer. Sounds From The Parks by Marcus Elliot. Today at Chandler Park. Next one July 17th at Clark Park.

Hope it gets sold and redeveloped soon! I'm hoping for something worth walking to.

There’s a TON of evidence that bigger, higher vehicles are far more likely to kill somone they hit, crushing vital organs & pushing victims under. But never forget, their weight, height & sightlines also make it far more likely that they’ll hit someone in the first place. HT @transenv.bsky.social

Check out my analysis of speed humps and their impact on crashes in Detroit. detroitography.com/2025/06/09/m...

There’s still time to sign up for this month’s Data Forum [This Friday] where we will discuss City, County, and Hospital health assessments in Detroit. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with fellow data enthusiasts and expand your knowledge. 🧠 detroitography.com/2025/05/16/e...

Couldn't agree more with Brian Connolly's ideas on ways to improve life in the City of Detroit. As a Detroiter, we want investment in the neighborhoods & more people, but without the displacement/pressure to displace. theconversation.com/detroit-vote...

Take a look at this project I had the opportunity to work on for @detroitography.com . I built a data pipeline and dashboard to showcase Detroit's 311 data. tedtansley.github.io/2025/04/21/e...

2024 report from Detroit's Open Data Portal Team and Data Commission. Read all about their accomplishment from the past year! storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c8e9...

Very excited for these. Would be awesome to see how travel times change as a result. My hope is that someday it would only take 30 minutes to ride into downtown from the end of the line.

I collected transcriptions of Mike Duggan's State of the City speeches over his 12 years and ran keyword matching analysis to see patterns over time. Read more about it here: detroitography.com/2025/04/07/d...

Mapped put bus stop assets in Detroit and put my insights in this blog: tedtansley.github.io/2025/01/27/m... Bridge Detroit wrote about it and learned that even though 5% of stops have seats, it makes up bit over 30% of boardings.

Taking the bus today and there was a horribly strong smell east of Connor Ave. Passed the Stellantis Jefferson Mack plant and it cleared up. Have a headache now just having to wait for the bus an excessive amount of time in this pollution. Reported to [email protected]

Had a great time at @detdocumenters.bsky.social 's Mapping Your Local Environment workshop. I decided to map public bathroom data from DetroitData.org . You can see my map here: felt.com/map/Detroit-...

Attended a workshop @detdocumenters.bsky.social hosted today called “Mapping Your Local Environment” & made this map of everyone I was in touch with about claiming auction profits in the last two months, on top of a heat map of homes that qualify to claim interest according to Wayne County Treasurer

Cool, a decade away, maybe....maybe I'll just move to a place that wants to put the money into common sense transit projects instead of obsessing over car only roads... upnorthlive.com/news/local/t...

Pretty cool project out of Ann Arbor. This is the kind of mobility leadership the State could get behind. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/02/06/t...

Started taking a look at data layers from Detroit's ArcGIS server because I couldn't download straight from their sidewalk reporter web tool. Found some really interesting insights from the data & have a lot more questions about sidewalk replacement in the city. tedtansley.github.io/2025/01/14/d...

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Detroit should be seeking opportunities to pedestrianize throughout the city. Here's a clear opportunity in downtown: tedtansley.github.io/2024/12/11/p...

It's said at every chance that we need transit investment if Michigan is expected to grow in any way. We can grow a tech industry if we had transit. Why are michigan leaders not listening? www.crainsdetroit.com/technology/d...

Safety progress in Michigan. Finally allowing automated traffic enforcement, although limited it is a step in the right direction. www.mlive.com/news/2024/12...

I had to stop riding on my own street after someone got out of their car and tried to push my riding partner down. Which was also after someone else screamed at me for riding on the street. And also after someone else threw garbage at me in another instance for being in the street.

A person on a bicycle is by far the most energy-efficient among animals and machines per distance traveled relative to body weight. The bicycle is magic. www.jstor.org/stable/24923...

My favorite language exchange application ,HelloTalk, finally fixed some bugs, and now transcription works in my target language.

Michigan has a deer problem. One that can be solved with more hunters hunting. To my knowledge, the State DNR has done just about nothing to grow the hunter population. www.fox2detroit.com/news/michiga...

Reminds me of my elderly neighbors that are looking to move out of the city because they are losing their ability to drive and can't get anywhere safely on bike.

In Detroit it is so obviously needed, but we have city leaders turn a blind d eye to the needs of people who don't show for their meetings. Just take the bus and look at those using the mediocre bike lanes and broken sidewalks. We need a network approach.

Alleyway closed to cars in Detroit's downtown. Easily some of the most enjoyable spaces in the city.

100% my nephew is getting to the age where he wants to get out more, but there's no clear safe way for him to get anywhere. I want to show him his local bus system to get started, but the streets are so dangerous.

Michigan leaders will decide before the end of the year whether to invest $2 Billion in transformational public transit and rail projects over the next decade! And they need to hear from you! secure.everyaction.com/HLniiLoruUGk...

It's World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims #WDoR2024, so here's a reminder that the American approach toward road safety has failed. "Even after adjusting for distance driven, US fatality rates remain 2x the rich-world average." www.ft.com/content/9c93...