Amy Hemmeter
@AmyHemmeter
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Volunteer Lobbyist, Climate Person, Carbon Fee and Dividend Enthusiast, Transit Nerd and Car-free in the Motor City, Vegan, Data Scientist
Joined July 2012
Beginners taking the bus in Metro Detroit: first download @tokentransit - it works for both DDOT and SMART! Then download the @transitapp, which will give you detailed directions. Use your debit/credit in Token Transit - $2 covers 4 hours.
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If cities stop enforcing street parking, people will just park in front of businesses all day for free and then no one can pick up a small cup of soup.
Thank you to the city of Detroit for $45 love letter on my windshield. Ran in for 4 minutes to get some soup. We’ve talked about it on the show before but I’m not sure there is a greater deterrent to local businesses than handing out parking tickets on the street 🤷🏻♂️
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Reminder: The Free Bikes 4 Kids collection day is this Saturday, September 27th. About 15K-16K bikes have been rehabiliated and given away since this program started. https://t.co/HSJb1fz8fB
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City orders closure of Hotel Yorba, building made famous in White Stripes song
crainsdetroit.com
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Did you guys know that the Old Shillelagh has one of the best vegan menus in Detroit, and imo the best downtown?
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Destination weddings are very, very far from being "carbon-neutral" and carbon offsets are, for the most part, scams
Vegan destination wedding, anyone? They skipped the beach nuptials and went for the glacier instead. https://t.co/mRN472M8TZ
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The bus can be glamorous
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I went here this weekend and can confirm that the cinnamon rolls are good! And they have lots of flavors, we tried the apple and it was very tasty 😋
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We love a pretty town with an Amtrak station 🚆🍁
Sequential Frames from a Hike Up Grandad Bluff. La Crosse, Wisconsin
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Slides from yesterday's Joe Louis Greenway meeting on the Junction to Clark & Clark Park segments. Future segment to connect Clark Park to W Grand Boulevard bike lanes.
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Note the “confirmed speaker” vs. “invited speaker.” Sheffield accepted virtually every invitation from community groups to participate in forums while Kinloch declined to attend most of them during lead up to the primary. Appears based on flyer that strategy will continue.
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It is unfortunately just a hop, skip and a jump from this logic to banning birth control, especially in red states. Source here:
nytimes.com
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its...
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Very very very bad precedent being set by this administration right now - referring to birth control as an "abortifacient".
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Better Cities feature film TONIGHT at 5pm in Campus Martius is Railroad Rehab. The battle to convert thousands of miles of abandoned railroads into trails for cycling and walking. Tix at https://t.co/pefU7kmgjM
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For Ryan, transit allows her husband and her to share a car, saving money. Transit is set to lose money from last year in this budget - meaning people like Ryan will burden higher costs. Will our state leaders act to fund transit? @Hertelforsenate
@MIHouseDems
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This could be such a big opportunity for the city if we play it right
Massive portfolio of Eastern Market real estate hits the market. https://t.co/LW9ttSTfzP via @crainsdetroit
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Some slides from last night's West Grand Boulevard streetscape meeting.
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TONIGHT Sept 18th at 5pm! Joe Louis Greenway community online meeting to discuss trail from Junction to W Grand Blvd, a 0.75 mile segment. https://t.co/jjRhabLABB
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