Mastodawn

sofritoguy Sep 8, 2023

Local man wonders why his #Michigan county won't turn into an arms dealer

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2023/09/08/new-gun-buybacks-unlikely-oakland-county-gun-group-seeks-ids/70782981007/

Gun rights group makes cities reveal IDs of those who turned in guns for cash

An Oakland County leader said cities were intimidated after a gun rights group sued to get the IDs of those involved in last year's gun "buybacks."

Detroit Free Press

sofritoguy Sep 7, 2023

It would be great if #cities were actually ahead of this, but we all know the consultants and big tech will most likely lead the charge.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-07/the-artificial-intelligence-revolution-will-be-urban?srnd=citylab

#ai #data #privacy

AI in Cities: Why the Artificial Intelligence Revolution Will Be Urban

Artificial intelligence holds huge potential for urban-scale applications — and cities have already started to unlock them.

Bloomberg

sofritoguy Sep 6, 2023

logging on

sofritoguy Sep 1, 2023

I think I'm going too far down this rabbit hole #tax #urban #economics #georgism

sofritoguy Aug 31, 2023

No metro area should have separate transit agencies. #transit #detroit #michigan

sofritoguy Aug 23, 2023

Detroit literally cannot figure it out. I don't know why or how, but it feels intentional.

“We were never in negotiations with the city about a pay increase,” he said. “That’s a narrative that the city would like people to believe.”

https://outliermedia.org/ddot-bus-driver-shortage-worse-smart-detroit-transit/

#transit #detroit #michigan

Detroit is ‘reimagining’ the future of transportation without fixing current problems

Two years after DDOT's driver shortage decimated Detroit bus service, city officials have still has not implemented a solution.

Outlier Media

sofritoguy Aug 23, 2023

Don't give the option to avoid building affordable housing I guess. Geed will always find a way and officials are apathetic.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zgp3/this-city-made-developers-build-affordable-housing-or-pay-up-they-all-paid

#affordablehousing #housing #montreal

This City Made Developers Build Affordable Housing or Pay Up. They All Paid.

Every developer in the city of Montreal has paid cash or land into a fund rather than build affordable housing themselves after a recent bylaw passed.

sofritoguy Aug 18, 2023

I am seeing a rise in Demand-response transport (DRT) for #michigan as a go-to solution for #transit problems. I am not the biggest fan. Hopefully, it gets better when it's ironed out, but there is a noticeable lack of interest in public transit from officials.