Increasing Sustainable Mobility

Currently, most motorized transportation options, including personal vehicles and commercial trucks, use fossil fuels, emitting GHGs. 
In Detroit, most residents depend on cars to get them to jobs, grocery stores, medical centers, and childcare. Curbing emissions from transportation can be achieved by improving our public transit, making it easier to bike, walk, and increasing the use of electric vehicles.

Sustainable mobility plays a significant role in improving our environment by reducing GHG emissions and improving air quality.

Increasing clean mobility options will help ensure that all Detroiters can access to clean, safe, affordable, and efficient ways to get around.

Priority Actions

 

Increasing clean mobility options

 

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  2.1 Install EV charging infrastructure at City facilities, garages, surface parking lots and on-street

2.1 a - Install EV chargers in three municipal parking lots, three commercial lots, and all recreation centers

2.1 b - Issue Executive Order requiring all municipal facilities with parking, including Recreation Centers, to have EV chargers installed by 2025

2.1 c - Leverage Federal funding to expand publicly accessible charging

  2.2 Pilot EV carshare services in neighborhoods underserved by transit

2.2 a - Ensure the presence of at least 2 publicly accessible EV car share vehicles at each Recreation Center

  2.3 Adopt ordinance requiring EV infrastructure for new developments

2.3 a - Adopt an ordinance requiring 20% of spaces in new developments be EV-capable

  2.4 Transition City light-duty vehicles to 100% zero emission by 2034

2.4 a - A Fleet Steering Committee to submit resolution to require all new purchases to be zero emissions for light duty vehicles

2.4 b - Issue department-specific EV planning guides to prepare for future EV fleet deployment

  2.5 Complete the City fleet conversion plan. Transition City heavy-duty vehicles to zero-emission and clean fuel options

2.5 a - Complete City fleet conversion plan

2.5 b - Implement City fleet conversion plan

  2.6 Transition city bus fleet to electric or clean fuel buses

2.6 a - Procure low to zero-emission buses as part of fleet transition

  2.7 Adopt a single pass for all forms of public transportation

2.7 a - Integrate at least 2 mobility modes (i.e. MoGo and scooters)

  2.8 Make equitable investments in pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure

2.8 a - Complete 8 miles of the Joe Louis Greenway

2.8 b - Invest $31 million in intersection safety improvements

  2.9 Invest in public transit infrastructure to increase ridership

2.9 a - Improve reliability and timing of buses per the DDOT Reimagined Plan

  2.10 Reduce miles traveled to goods and services

2.10 a - Launch master planning process citywide—increase policies for mixed-use development and Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)

  2.11 Support mobility innovation and investment

2.11 a - Pilot inductive charging and associated activations on city roadways

2.11 b - Expand the Transportation Innovation Zone

2.11 c - Support programs to prepare youth for future mobility and innovation jobs
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Project Spotlight: Accessibili-D

Older adults and people with disabilities (PwD) in Detroit face significant challenges when it comes to transportation, limiting their access to essential services and independence. The Accessibili-D project is designed to address this gap by providing an Autonomous Driving System (ADS) shuttle service that helps Detroit residents reach critical locations such as doctor’s appointments, grocery stores, and more.

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