when I look at the walk to work # for ann arbor I immediately think of collegiate students working on campus or a local business to meet expenses of college life. Maybe thats a stereotype for ann arbor, but its the logic I have for the high number.

When I look at Detroit’s walk to work #, I think about the importance of city building via economic and acedemic centers. University of Detroit-Mercy, Marygrove, WC3D campuses and WSU all provide local centers for jobs and acedemics, but retail investiment and residential development has not surfaced around some of those centers (WSU the exception because its in midtown next to the large Medical Center). Maybe focusing on density and transportation connections at these academic centers in Detroit could improve the numbers.

I know that its a difficult answer to improve towards, and I dont have the big investiment dollars to make that happen. Some understanding the micro-economics and moving towards improving the local value of business and quality of life could help our neighborhoods grow and improve.

for me fall is mtb weather and winter becomes snowboard weather.