{"id":12232,"date":"2014-11-25T20:13:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T20:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/blog\/ezekielharris\/?p=53"},"modified":"2014-11-25T20:13:12","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T20:13:12","slug":"zeke-turns-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/zeke-turns-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeke Turns 64"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Readers,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #212121;font-size: medium\">*Almost 2 weeks ago I went out on a trip to gain a greater context of\u00a0what the experience of relying on public transportation in the City of Detroit might be like. In doing so I created a persona of\u00a0a 64 year old veteran named James who went to four places:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/ezekielharris\/files\/2014\/11\/Capture.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-54 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/ezekielharris\/files\/2014\/11\/Capture.jpg\" alt=\"Capture\" width=\"639\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #212121;font-size: medium\"> Leaving from his home I visited the Michigan Veterans Foundation, walked through Brush Park to the\u00a0Eastern Market, and waited an hour at one point as I made other stops along the way before\u00a0returning to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/ezekielharris\/files\/2014\/11\/k.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-55 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/challengedetroit.org\/ezekielharris\/files\/2014\/11\/k.png\" alt=\"k\" width=\"760\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #212121\">All in all, a trip \u00a0of about 6 square miles ended up taking me from 10am to 3:30pm. In those 5+ hours in sporadic rain and bus service\u00a0I recorded my experience and found three themes that I thought I would share. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #212121\">1. Taking the bus can be a dreadful, lonely experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #212121\"> 2. Taking the bus in Detroit is not the same as taking a bus during college.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #212121\">3. Even though lines reach much of the city, it can feel like part\u00a0of the city, part\u00a0of the people have been forgotten.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #212121\"> I don&#8217;t have an action plan for what you should do about this but I wanted share my\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #212121\">small\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #212121\">glimpse into a <strong>hypothetical<\/strong> life of the people we touch &#8211; our friends, family, and neighbors. And please feel free to agree or not, according to Socrates &#8220;the only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing&#8221; so teach me more, help me understand and I will try to do the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>*<em>This trip was not meant to be all\u00a0encompassing or objective nor a &#8220;look what I did&#8221; experience. It was meant to take a step outside of my daily life and see &#8211; even for a day- the reality\u00a0of how important transportation is in the 21st Century.\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Best,<\/div>\n<div>Zeke<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Readers, *Almost 2 weeks ago I went out on a trip to gain a greater context of\u00a0what the experience of relying on public transportation in the City of Detroit might be like. 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