Detroit Driven

Katelyn Coberley, Bia Hamed, and Paulette Avolio work at Eastern Michigan University's Sill Hall.

Michigan’s cybersecurity leaders are pursuing a “culture change” for diversity in their field

The booming mobility sector has a huge and growing need for cybersecurity talent – but the people who currently work in that field still overwhelmingly tend to be white men. However, several local initiatives are paving the way to eliminate barriers and attract more women and people of color to rewarding cybersecurity careers.  

One of the connected vehicles used in the Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment.
Ann Arbor’s record-breaking connected vehicle deployment is shaping the future of infrastructure

Many Ann Arborites don't realize that the largest real-world deployment of connected vehicle technology anywhere in the world is right in their backyard. 

Working on Ann Arbor's City Insights Platform.
Ford’s new City Solutions team develops platform to solve Ann Arbor mobility challenges

The City Solutions team is comprised of specialist mobility strategists who work directly with government and other local stakeholders in communities across the U.S.

A rendering of the American Center for Mobility's planned tech park.
How next-generation mobility testing facilities are driving economic development in Washtenaw County

Many recent major economic developments have been directly influenced by Washtenaw County's existing infrastructure for next-generation mobility.

An employee prepares to load an order into the REV-1 at Miss Kim.
Autonomous robots set to make food deliveries from Ann Arbor restaurants this fall

The REV-1 is a lightweight autonomous vehicle inspired by a food delivery that went wrong with surprisingly inspiring results.

MiCareerQuest Southeast 2018.
MiCareerQuest offers students interactive experience with over 1,000 employers

Washtenaw County students will have an opportunity to discover careers in mobility, manufacturing, and many other industries at the massive career fair.

Vittoria Valenti.
Profiles in mobility: How 3 metro Detroiters found rewarding careers in the industry

Their job duties range from overseeing a county's traffic operations to promoting mobility studies at Washtenaw Community College, but their paths into the industry were somewhat unconventional.

The American Center for Mobility.
American Center for Mobility develops mobility workforce by convening industry and academia

ACM acts as a go-between for the two groups, determining industry workforce needs and how local academic institutions can help meet those needs.

An electric vehicle charging station outside the Michigan Energy Office in Lansing.
VW settlement funds spark electric vehicle charging station expansion

The first sites for the stations are expected to be announced this month, and it could take just a few weeks after that for the first new stations to appear in metro Detroit.

Justin Snowden in downtown Detroit.
Here’s how sharing “terabytes on terabytes” of mobility data improves safety, equity, and efficiency

Advanced mobility projects generate massive amounts of data that can have massive potential if it's made public. Here's how a U-M project and several others in metro Detroit are doing just that – and experiencing great results.

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