Melanie Piana

Tell me you are about local community without saying you you are for localism. I’ll go first.

I'd prefer not to be hit in the first place.
Why is absolutely everything about enabling and mitigating for incompetent driving?

Detroit Tigers Opening Day! Whats a transit hub? Where multiple transit services connect, giving people multiple options to get where they need to go instead of by car. Grand Circus Park is the ultima... TikTok video by Melanie Piana, Urbanist

Detroit transit hub: Grand Circus Park.

Where transit services connect to get people where they need to go.

More people. Fewer cars.

How I disconnected and relaxed this morning, a 3 mile hike alone through a state park that is near my parents house. Only fell once, but had 4-5 almost wipe outs. I was passed by two people wearing ice boot clamps and had walking sticks. I was ill prepared 👎, yet I finished.

Woodward corridor communities have teamed up to identify better designs for safe corridor enhancements in each segment. Do you want reduced car and people crashes and pedestrian, wider sidewalks, safer intersections, and better transit infrastructure?

MDOT public mtg 2/12, 12-2 and 4-6

I’m curious how the prevalence of security cameras on public sidewalks and people filming other people on their phones could be influencing the use of public space? I worry someone will secretly record me and post a video on social media to shame me.

Walking fast and on my phones (guilty).

b/w poster on a city pole - COMMUNITY: CON WE HAVE A SAFE ROUTE FOR OUR KIDS TO WALK/BIKE/ROL TO SCHOOL? CITY: NO, A DRIVER MIGHT GET MAD

PSA.

We have one in Michigan on Northwestern Highway 😧 I appreciate the attempt by the city but I would never ride my bike on a path like this. #itsatrap