Analysis: Detroit's new mobility chief must be a prime mover

Dustin Walsh - The city of Detroit just got serious about mobility. The hiring of veteran transportation and engineering executive Mark de la Vergne puts the city, which has historically struggled with making its residents mobile, on the front lines of the race to build a new economic reality, not just for Detroit, but for the region and state. Before joining the city as chief of mobility, de la Vergne served as the principal of growth and innovation for traffic and transportation planning and engineering