Ted
@tedtansley.bsky.social
Detroiter. Safe Streets, mobility, and urbanism advocate. Language learner.
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Couple on a Bicycle
Artist: Oksana Lyashchenko
Artist: Oksana Lyashchenko
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Couple on a Bicycle
Artist: Oksana Lyashchenko
Artist: Oksana Lyashchenko
Reposted by Ted
It sucks that we have to write this same article over and over again every year, but I always appreciate it when larger media outlets do it, even if they never quite hit the most important point: that we won't solve this without confronting car dependency itself.
The deadliest roads in America
The number of pedestrians killed by vehicles has increased in the U.S., with road infrastructure and inadequate safety measures among key contributing factors.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It sucks that we have to write this same article over and over again every year, but I always appreciate it when larger media outlets do it, even if they never quite hit the most important point: that we won't solve this without confronting car dependency itself.
So glad to see bipartisan work from Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, and Tim Walberg, R-Tipton to try and get resources to support the whitefish. @bridgemi.com 's reporting is making a real difference. bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
Michigan lawmakers seek $500M to stop mussels, save Great Lakes whitefish - Bridge Michigan
US Reps. Debbie Dingell and Tim Walberg are planning legislation to boost research to control invasive mussels, following Bridge Michigan reporting about the impending collapse of whitefish.
bridgemi.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
So glad to see bipartisan work from Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, and Tim Walberg, R-Tipton to try and get resources to support the whitefish. @bridgemi.com 's reporting is making a real difference. bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
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...
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...
First of 5 Detroit solar neighborhoods launches: 'Cleaner, more sustainable future'
City of Detroit and DTE Energy start work 42-acre solar array in Van Dyke Lynch neighborhood.
planetdetroit.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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...
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...
Event: Detroit GIS Day 2025
We are very excited this year to have Sharon Cornelissen as our keynote speaker this year. She is director of housing at the Consumer Federation of America and soon-to-be published book based on he…
detroitography.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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?
www.wxyz.com/news/deputie...
Why is it we can find ways to deploy police but not street interventions?
Deputies issue 100+ tickets in Pontiac as part of 'Operation No Walking Zone'
After a rash of crashes in Pontiac that killed or seriously injured pedestrians, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office has stepped up patrols for people crossing streets.
www.wxyz.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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?
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...
Opinion: Why Detroit needs to get serious about zoning
Detroit has a growing affordable housing shortage, but zoning and permitting processes consume a large part of development budgets.
www.bridgedetroit.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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...
Map: Impact Assessment of the Detroit Solar Neighborhoods
by: Ted Tansley Detroit is working its way into making the largest investment in industrial solar that we’ve ever seen. The plan is to be able to power all 127 municipal buildings with solar energy…
detroitography.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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...
www.bridgemi.com/talent-educa...
Mississippi turned around its schools. Its secret: Tools Michigan abandoned | Bridge Michigan
Once at the bottom, Mississippi has made massive strides teaching children to read. They’ve got literacy coaches, a high-stakes third grade test and lots of teacher training. What can Michigan learn f...
www.bridgemi.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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...
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
Michigan fishing regulators to discuss Great Lakes whitefish crisis www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env... via @bridgemi.com
Michigan fishing regulators to discuss Great Lakes whitefish crisis | Bridge Michigan
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission on Thursday will hear a presentation on the looming collapse of whitefish in lakes Michigan and Huron. Bridge Michigan is spending the summer exploring the ra...
www.bridgemi.com
July 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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
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...
Transportation troubles create a lonely reality for older Michiganders | Bridge Michigan share.google/POAbw8y5Oq2w...
Transportation troubles create a lonely reality for older Michiganders | Bridge Michigan
Despite millions of dollars in transportation funds, the state’s services remain fragmented and, for many older Michiganders, difficult to access.
share.google
July 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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...
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...
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
It’s not just whitefish: 407 Michigan species on brink amid historic die-off | Bridge Michigan
Globally, 1 million species are on the brink of extinction. Experts say to avoid further losses, society must begin to prioritize the planet’s long-term health over near-term convenience and profits.
www.bridgemi.com
June 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It feels like we have nobody in power talking to what we need to do to address this.
www.bridgemi.com/michigan-env...
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
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
Boy killed riding bike near Ypsilanti was aspiring filmmaker, leaves legacy of empathy
The 14-year-old just finished eighth grade and was registered to participate in a filmmaker’s camp this summer.
www-mlive-com.cdn.ampproject.org
June 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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
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?
BOOM! The North Carolina State House just unanimously (107 to 0) passed a ban on parking minimums in new developments statewide.
This is powerful and bipartisan pro-housing reform that will make it easier to expand multifamily housing. Great work.
www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2...
This is powerful and bipartisan pro-housing reform that will make it easier to expand multifamily housing. Great work.
www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2...
June 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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...
"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...
VOICES: Environmental spending cuts threaten Detroit River cleanup momentum
Sugar Island restoration highlights the economic and ecological advantages of environmental partnerships and investments in the Great Lakes.
planetdetroit.org
June 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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...
"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.
Went over to Lakewood East park today confirms this as there was an absurd amount of garbage strewn about.
And the rub is that the community center is only closed because they don't want people parking their cars to camp out for the fireworks. Doesn't matter if you walk or bike up, closed because of cars.
June 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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.
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?
And the rub is that the community center is only closed because they don't want people parking their cars to camp out for the fireworks. Doesn't matter if you walk or bike up, closed because of cars.
June 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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
Iconic whitefish on edge of collapse as Great Lakes biodiversity crisis deepens | Bridge Michigan
Few fish are as synonymous with Michigan as whitefish. Pushed to the edge by invasive species, their struggle is the tip of a cataclysmic species collapse that could change our way of life.
www.bridgemi.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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.
Ewald branch of GPP library is also closed without AC.
June 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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.
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?...
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?...
Fighting air pollution: Cars no longer welcome in French city of Lyon • FRANCE 24 English
YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English
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June 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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?...
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.
Sounds From The Parks by Marcus Elliot. Today at Chandler Park.
Next one July 17th at Clark Park.
June 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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.
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.
14500 E JEFFERSON
Parcel ID: 21000340.
Year built: 1924
Zoned B4
Tax status: TAXABLE
Image dates: Dec 05 2019 on left; May 07 2025 on right
Parcel ID: 21000340.
Year built: 1924
Zoned B4
Tax status: TAXABLE
Image dates: Dec 05 2019 on left; May 07 2025 on right
June 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Hope it gets sold and redeveloped soon! I'm hoping for something worth walking to.