by: Paul Jones III

This map imagines what a connected future of shared mobility and universal access could look like for Metro Detroit. It sets aside traditional assumptions and our current short-sighted approach to regional development and embraces a shift to a more sustainable, shared allocation of resources for transportation. It is lightly based on an earlier map I produced calling for a reduction in Detroit’s freeway system.

Paul Jones III is a Detroit native and graduate of University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning. He currently lives in Cambridge, MA where he works as a Community Planner for the U.S. DOT Volpe Center specializing in program development and capacity building. The ideas and views expressed are his own and reflect his ongoing passion for the intersection of history, urbanism, and transportation justice in Detroit.